TSK · Proverbs 21:8

But the LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

There is a generation who are pure in their own opinion and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives– then they die.

They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.