8 Bible Verses About Human Depravity

Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Deuteronomy 9:13KJV

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

Judges 20:4KJV

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Genesis 19:34KJV

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Job 15:16KJV

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Genesis 19:32KJV

And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 22:18KJV

Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

Genesis 19:36KJV

Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

Deuteronomy 12:31KJV
These scriptures unveil a stark landscape of the human heart apart from divine quickening. They do not paint this portrait for mere condemnation, but as an essential truth to confront. To understand the depth of the fall is to grasp the height and necessity of the Redeemer's ascent. This recognition of our inherent poverty of spirit, our profound inclination toward error and self-serving, lays bare the foundational need for grace, which is not earned but freely given. It is in this humble acknowledgment of depravity that the soul finds the true starting point for the intellectual and spiritual ascent, seeing clearly that all light and virtue must emanate from God, the sole source of our renewal and ultimate hope. Reflection upon these truths compels a profound humility and a ceaseless turning towards the divine mercy that alone can reshape our fallen nature.

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