Verse 6

And we are as unclean -- all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf -- all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.
  • Job 14:4 : 4 Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
  • Job 42:5-6 : 5 By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee. 6 Therefore do I loathe `it', And I have repented on dust and ashes.
  • Zech 3:3 : 3 And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and is standing before the messenger.
  • Rom 7:24 : 24 A wretched man I `am'! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
  • Eph 2:1-2 : 1 Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins, 2 in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 not having my righteousness, which `is' of law, but that which `is' through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked, 18 I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
  • Rom 7:18 : 18 for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 And I say, `Wo to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips `am' I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh `is' grass, and all its goodliness `is' As a flower of the field: 7 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people `is' grass; 8 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
  • Isa 46:12 : 12 Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness.
  • Isa 48:1 : 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of Jehovah, And of the God of Israel make mention, Not in truth nor in righteousness.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.
  • Isa 57:12-13 : 12 I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee. 13 When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee, And all of them carry away doth wind, Take away doth vanity, And whoso is trusting in Me inheriteth the land, And doth possess My holy mountain.
  • Jer 4:11-12 : 11 At that time it is said of this people, And of Jerusalem: `A dry wind of high places in the wilderness,' The way of the daughter of My people, (Not for winnowing, nor for cleansing,) 12 A full wind from these doth come for Me, Now, also, I speak judgments with them.
  • Hos 4:19 : 19 Distressed her hath wind with its wings, And they are ashamed of their sacrifices!
  • Zech 5:8-9 : 8 And he saith, `This `is' the wicked woman.' And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth. 9 And I lift up mine eyes, and see, and lo, two women are coming forth, and wind in their wings; and they have wings like wings of the stork, and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. 10 And I say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, `Whither `are' they causing the ephah to go?' 11 And he saith unto me, `To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.
  • Ps 1:4 : 4 Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
  • Job 15:14-16 : 14 What `is' man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman? 15 Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes. 16 Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
  • Job 25:4 : 4 And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman?
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
  • Rev 7:13 : 13 And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, `These, who have been arrayed with the white robes -- who are they, and whence came they?'
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away; 11 for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!
  • 1 Pet 1:24-25 : 24 because all flesh `is' as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away, 25 and the saying of the Lord doth remain -- to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.