Ecclesiastes 7:29
This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
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Ecclesiastes 7:29
This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
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Genesis 2:17
But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
Genesis 3:7
And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
Romans 5:13
Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.
Romans 5:17
For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:18
So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.
Romans 5:19
Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.
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Genesis 4:2
Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
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Genesis 9:6
Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
Psalms 8:5
For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.
Acts 17:28
For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.
Acts 17:29
If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.
1 Corinthians 1:30
But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
2 Corinthians 4:4
Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
Colossians 1:15
Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;
Hebrews 1:3
Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
Hebrews 12:9
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
1 John 3:2
My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
1 John 5:19
We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.
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Deuteronomy 17:17
And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.
2 Samuel 5:13
And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.
1 Kings 11:3
He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.
1 Chronicles 3:1
Now these were David's sons, whose birth took place in Hebron: the oldest Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman;
1 Chronicles 3:2
The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;
1 Chronicles 3:3
The fifth Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth Ithream, by Eglah his wife.
1 Chronicles 3:4
He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.
1 Chronicles 14:3
And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Matthew 19:4
And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,
Matthew 19:5
For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?
Matthew 19:8
He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.
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Genesis 6:12
And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.
Genesis 8:21
And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
Deuteronomy 29:19
If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:
Deuteronomy 32:5
They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation.
Psalms 5:4
For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.
Psalms 14:1
To the chief music-maker. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.
Psalms 14:2
The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.
Psalms 53:3
Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
Romans 3:10
As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;
Ephesians 2:1
And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,
Colossians 3:5
Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
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Deuteronomy 32:16
The honour which was his they gave to strange gods; by their disgusting ways he was moved to wrath.
Deuteronomy 32:17
They made offerings to evil spirits which were not God, to gods who were strange to them, which had newly come up, not feared by your fathers.
Deuteronomy 32:18
You have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.
Deuteronomy 32:19
And the Lord saw with disgust the evil-doing of his sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 32:20
And he said, My face will be veiled from them, I will see what their end will be: for they are an uncontrolled generation, children in whom is no faith.
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,
Psalms 106:29
So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.
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1 Chronicles 29:17
And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.
Isaiah 5:20
Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
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2 Chronicles 11:3
Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
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2 Chronicles 26:15
And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.
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Job 9:2
Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?
Job 25:5
See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:
Job 25:6
How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
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Job 21:14
Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
Job 21:15
What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
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2 Chronicles 6:36
If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;
Job 14:4
If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
Job 15:15
Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;
Job 25:4
How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
Job 31:33
If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
Proverbs 20:9
Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?
John 3:6
That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
Romans 7:18
For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.
Galatians 3:22
However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
1 John 1:9
If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
1 John 1:10
If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
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Job 31:24
If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
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Job 31:25
If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
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Job 32:13
Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.
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Psalms 94:7
And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
Proverbs 6:18
A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;
Proverbs 21:8
Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
Ezekiel 8:9
And he said to me, Go in and see the evil and disgusting things which they are doing here.
Ezekiel 8:12
And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.
Mark 7:21
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Mark 7:22
The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:
Mark 7:23
All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.
Romans 3:11
Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;
1 Corinthians 3:3
Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
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Proverbs 4:18
But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
Ecclesiastes 1:10
Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
Mark 7:37
And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.
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Proverbs 5:18
Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.
Proverbs 5:19
As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.
Ecclesiastes 9:1
All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
Malachi 2:14
But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.
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Psalms 33:15
He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.
Proverbs 22:2
The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 27:19
Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
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Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.
Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
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Psalms 119:176
I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.
Isaiah 59:13
We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.
Isaiah 59:14
And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.
Isaiah 59:15
Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.
Jeremiah 8:11
And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
1 Peter 2:25
Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
2 Peter 2:13
For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;
2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;
2 Peter 2:15
Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
3 John 1:11
My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
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Jeremiah 2:21
But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?
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Micah 4:5
For all the peoples will be walking, every one in the name of his god, and we will be walking in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
Romans 1:23
And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.
Romans 1:24
For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:
Romans 1:25
Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
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Isaiah 14:26
This is the purpose for all the earth: and this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
Matthew 27:63
Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.
Matthew 27:64
Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.
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Exodus 32:8
Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.
Psalms 10:4
The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Proverbs 2:7
He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
Isaiah 30:11
Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.
Jeremiah 6:19
Give ear, O earth: see, I will make evil come on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not given attention to my words, and they would have nothing to do with my law.
Ezekiel 14:4
For this cause say to them, These are the words of the Lord: Every man of Israel who has taken his false god into his heart, and put before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself in agreement with the number of his false gods;
Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.
John 5:44
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
Romans 1:30
Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,
Romans 2:14
For when the Gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves;
Romans 7:9
And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;
Ephesians 2:12
That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
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2 Thessalonians 2:15
So then, brothers, be strong in purpose, and keep the teaching which has been given to you by word or by letter from us.
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1 Timothy 1:4
Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;
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1 Timothy 6:4
He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,
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Psalms 21:11
For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
Psalms 33:10
The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
Psalms 33:11
The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
Psalms 83:4
They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
Proverbs 12:2
A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
Isaiah 7:6
Let us go up against Judah, troubling her, and forcing our way into her, and let us put up a king in her, even the son of Tabeel:
Isaiah 7:7
This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.
Daniel 11:24
Against fertile places, and will make waste a part of the country; and he will do what his fathers have not done, or his fathers' fathers; he will make distribution among them of goods taken in war and by force, and of property: he will even make designs against the strong places for a time.
Daniel 11:25
And he will put in motion his power and his strength against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will go to war with a very great and strong army: but he will be forced to give way, because of their designs against him;
Matthew 26:4
And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
Hebrews 6:17
So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
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James 3:12
Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?
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Proverbs 14:34
By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.
Isaiah 14:12
How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies!
Lamentations 5:16
The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
Ezekiel 28:15
There has been no evil in your ways from the day when you were made, till sin was seen in you.
Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.
Ezekiel 28:18
By all your sin, even by your evil trading, you have made your holy places unclean; so I will make a fire come out from you, it will make a meal of you, and I will make you as dust on the earth before the eyes of all who see you.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
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