What Does the Bible Say About We Are Not Always Good?

Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Isaiah 64:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

1 John 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

Romans 7:18-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

Matthew 19:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Proverbs 20:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”?

Psalm 14:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

10 Bible Verses about We Are Not Always Good

Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Isaiah 64:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 7:18-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 14:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Isaiah 64:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 7:18-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 14:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes