But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Treasury of Scripture are all Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the middle of a people of unclean lips... Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Job 15:14-16 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous... Job 25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? Job 40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand on my mouth. Job 42:5,6 I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye sees you... Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Romans 7:18,24 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me... Ephesians 2:1,2 And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins... Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy... all our Isaiah 57:12 I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you. Zechariah 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ... Revelation 3:17,18 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable... Revelation 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying to me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and from where came they? we all Isaiah 40:6-8 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field... Psalm 90:5,6 You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up... James 1:10,11 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away... 1 Peter 1:24,25 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass wither, and the flower thereof falls away... our iniquities Isaiah 57:13 When you cry, let your companies deliver you; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them... Psalm 1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Jeremiah 4:11,12 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem... Hosea 4:19 The wind has bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. Zechariah 5:8-11 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the middle of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead on the mouth thereof...
Context Prayer for Illustration of God's Power
1Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence, 2As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence! 3When you did terrible things which we looked not for, you came down, the mountains flowed down at your presence. 4For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, beside you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him. 5You meet him that rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. 6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7And there is none that calls on your name, that stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities. 8But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. 9Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech you, we are all your people. 10Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12Will you refrain yourself for these things, O LORD? will you hold your peace, and afflict us very sore? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And we are all become as one unclean, and all our justices as the rag of a menstruous woman: and we have all fallen as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Darby Bible Translation
And we are all become as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away;
King James Bible
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
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