What Does the Bible Say About The Nature Of Man?

Romans 7:18 ESV / 49 helpful votes

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

Romans 3:10-18 ESV / 31 helpful votes

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” ...

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 22 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Romans 6:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes

We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Romans 7:24 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

James 4:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 11 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

John 4:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Romans 9:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—

2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

James 1:13-15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

18 Bible Verses about The Nature Of Man

Romans 7:18 ESV / 49 helpful votes

Romans 3:10-18 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Romans 6:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Romans 7:24 ESV / 13 helpful votes

James 4:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 11 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 9:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

James 1:13-15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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18 Bible Verses about The Nature Of Man

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Romans 7:18 ESV / 49 helpful votes

Romans 3:10-18 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Romans 6:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Romans 7:24 ESV / 13 helpful votes

James 4:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 11 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 9:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

James 1:13-15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes