Romans 3:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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:

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  • 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.
  • Jas 1:16-17 : 16 Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers. 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
  • 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.
  • Isa 59:8 : 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.
  • 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 2:13 : 13 For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.
  • Matt 25:30 : 30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
  • Eph 2:8-9 : 8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: 9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself. 10 For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
  • Phil 2:12-13 : 12 So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts; 13 For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
  • Titus 2:13-14 : 13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • Phlm 1:11 : 11 Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 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.
  • Ps 53:1 : 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.
  • Gen 6:6-7 : 6 And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.
  • Exod 32:8 : 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.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 14:1-4
    4 verses
    92%

    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.

  • Ps 53:1-3
    3 verses
    91%

    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.

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

  • Rom 3:9-11
    3 verses
    87%

    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;

  • Rom 3:13
    77%

    13 Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

  • Eccl 7:20
    74%

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

  • Rom 3:16-18
    3 verses
    74%

    16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways;

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

    18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

  • Isa 59:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Mic 7:2
    73%

    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.

  • Rom 3:23
    73%

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

  • Isa 59:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

    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.

  • Rom 1:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28 And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

    29 Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

  • Ps 36:3
    72%

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

  • Titus 1:16
    72%

    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.

  • Job 14:4
    71%

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

  • Isa 64:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Isa 3:9
    71%

    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.

  • Jer 6:28
    71%

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

  • Ps 5:9
    71%

    9 For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

  • Rom 1:31
    71%

    31 Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:

  • Rom 1:24
    70%

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

  • Prov 1:16
    70%

    16 For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

  • Rom 3:20
    70%

    20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 1:18
    70%

    18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

  • Rom 5:12
    70%

    12 For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:

  • Rom 1:21
    70%

    21 Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

  • Ps 36:1
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 119:3
    70%

    3 They do no evil; they go in his ways.

  • Ps 49:7
    69%

    7 Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

  • Deut 32:5
    69%

    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.

  • Rom 10:3
    69%

    3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.

  • Ps 115:7
    69%

    7 They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

  • Ps 58:3
    69%

    3 The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

  • Job 34:27
    69%

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

  • Ps 64:6
    69%

    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.

  • Ps 12:1
    69%

    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.

  • Rom 7:18
    69%

    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.