Psalms 53:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 3:12 : 12 They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.
  • Jer 8:5-6 : 5 Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back. 6 I took note and gave ear, but no one said what is right: no man had regret for his evil-doing, saying, What have I done? everyone goes off on his way like a horse rushing to the fight.
  • Ps 14:3 : 3 They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
  • 2 Sam 20:2 : 2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 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.
  • Rev 22:11 : 11 Let the evil man go on in his evil: and let the unclean be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 14:1-4
    4 verses
    95%

    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.

    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.

    3 They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

    4 Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

  • Rom 3:9-12
    4 verses
    91%

    9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

    10 As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

    11 Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

    12 They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

  • Ps 53:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. 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.

    2 God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

  • 20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

  • 4 If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

  • 2 The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

  • Isa 64:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.

    7 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.

  • 4 Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

  • 4 O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

  • Isa 59:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

    4 No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

  • 23 For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

  • 6 We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

  • 9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

  • 8 They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

  • 27 Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

  • 3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • 28 All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

  • 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.

  • 6 And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.

  • Rom 3:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:

    18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

  • 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.

  • 6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

  • Job 15:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15 Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;

    16 How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

  • 17 For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • 10 But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

  • 68%

    15 To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

    16 They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

  • 12 But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.

  • 3 This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

  • 6 I took note and gave ear, but no one said what is right: no man had regret for his evil-doing, saying, What have I done? everyone goes off on his way like a horse rushing to the fight.

  • 4 Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

  • 24 For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

  • 11 One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

  • 1 <For the chief music-maker on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

  • 27 For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.

  • 5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

  • 24 But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.