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Bible Quotes About Total Depravity
17 Scripture verses about total depravity from the King James Version, with full verse text for study and meditation.
The doctrine of Total Depravity reveals humanity's innate sinfulness and moral corruption from conception, as seen in Psalms 51:5 and Psalms 58:3, which attest that people are sinful even from the womb and go astray from birth. Genesis 6:5 emphasizes that every thought and imagination of the human heart is continually evil, highlighting the pervasive nature of sin. Isaiah 64:6 illustrates that all human righteousness is like filthy rags, underscoring the depth of our spiritual uncleanness. Jeremiah 13:23 and Jeremiah 17:9 further affirm that human nature is deeply entrenched in evil and deceit, making it impossible for people to change themselves or do good apart from God's intervention.
Top 10 Bible Quotes About Total Depravity
- Genesis 6:5 — “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word sign...”
- Psalms 51:5 — “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. conceive: Heb. warm me”
- Psalms 58:3 — “The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. as soon: Heb. from the belly”
- Isaiah 64:6 — “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”
- Jeremiah 13:23 — “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. accustomed: Heb. taught”
- Jeremiah 17:9 — “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
- John 6:44 — “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 6:65 — “And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.”
- Romans 3:10 — “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
- Romans 3:12 — “They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one .”
Old Testament Quotes About Total Depravity (6)
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day”
“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. conceive: Heb. warm me”
“The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. as soon: Heb. from the belly”
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. accustomed: Heb. taught”
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
New Testament Quotes About Total Depravity (11)
“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
“And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.”
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
“They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one .”
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
“Wherefore , as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: for that: or, in whom”
“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.”
“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. the carnal: Gr. the minding of the flesh”
“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;”
“Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. desires: Gr. wills”
“Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: blindness: or, hardness”
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