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Want to know what the Bible says about Depravity? Here are 32 Bible verses about Depravity from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Job 9:20 NIV
Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
    if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
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Psalm 5:9 NIV
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
    their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;
    with their tongues they tell lies.
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Psalm 14:1-3 NIV
14 The fool says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,
    any who seek God.
3 All have turned away, all have become corrupt;
    there is no one who does good,
    not even one.
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Psalm 53:1-3 NIV
53 The fool says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
    there is no one who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,
    any who seek God.
3 Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
    there is no one who does good,
    not even one.
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Psalm 58:1-5 NIV
58 Do you rulers indeed speak justly?
    Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, in your heart you devise injustice,
    and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
3 Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 that will not heed the tune of the charmer,
    however skillful the enchanter may be.
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Psalm 94:11 NIV
The Lord knows all human plans;
    he knows that they are futile.
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Psalm 130:3 NIV
If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
    Lord, who could stand?
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Psalm 143:2 NIV
Do not bring your servant into judgment,
    for no one living is righteous before you.
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Proverbs 10:20 NIV
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
    but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
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Proverbs 20:6 NIV
Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?
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Proverbs 20:9 NIV
Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;
    I am clean and without sin”?
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Isaiah 42:6-7 NIV
6 “I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness;
    I will take hold of your hand.
I will keep you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people
    and a light for the Gentiles,
7 to open eyes that are blind,
    to free captives from prison
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
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