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Romans 3:12–14

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They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
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From verse 12

  1. Psalms 14:3Rank 1 from verse 12
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    3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  2. Ecclesiastes 7:20Rank 2 from verse 12
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    20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  3. Isaiah 59:8Rank 3 from verse 12
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    8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

  4. Isaiah 64:6Rank 4 from verse 12
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    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.

  5. Isaiah 53:6Rank 5 from verse 12
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    6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  6. Ecclesiastes 7:29Rank 6 from verse 12
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    29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

  7. 1 Peter 2:25Rank 7 from verse 12
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    25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

  8. Ephesians 2:3Rank 8 from verse 12
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    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  9. Philemon 1:11Rank 9 from verse 12
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    11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

  10. Ephesians 2:8–10Rank 10 from verse 12
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    8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

    10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

  11. Genesis 1:31Rank 11 from verse 12
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    31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

  12. Exodus 32:8Rank 12 from verse 12
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    8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  13. Genesis 6:6–7Rank 13 from verse 12
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    6And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

    7And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

  14. James 1:16–17Rank 14 from verse 12
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    16Do not err, my beloved brethren.

    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  15. Jeremiah 2:13Rank 15 from verse 12
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    13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  16. Matthew 25:30Rank 16 from verse 12
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    30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  17. Philippians 2:12–13Rank 17 from verse 12
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    12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

    13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

  18. Psalms 53:1Rank 18 from verse 12
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    1THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

  19. Titus 2:13–14Rank 19 from verse 12
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    13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

From verse 13

  1. Psalms 5:9Rank 1 from verse 13
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

  2. Psalms 140:3Rank 2 from verse 13
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    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

  3. Matthew 23:27–28Rank 3 from verse 13
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    27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

  4. Jeremiah 9:3–5Rank 4 from verse 13
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    3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  5. Psalms 57:4Rank 5 from verse 13
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    4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

  6. Ezekiel 13:7Rank 6 from verse 13
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    7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?

  7. Isaiah 59:3Rank 7 from verse 13
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    3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

  8. James 3:5–8Rank 8 from verse 13
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    5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

    7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

    8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

  9. Matthew 12:34–35Rank 9 from verse 13
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

  10. Psalms 52:2Rank 10 from verse 13
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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

  11. Jeremiah 5:16Rank 11 from verse 13
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    16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  12. Psalms 36:3Rank 12 from verse 13
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

  13. Romans 3:4Rank 13 from verse 13
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    4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

  14. Deuteronomy 32:33Rank 14 from verse 13
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    33Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

  15. Psalms 12:3–4Rank 15 from verse 13
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    3The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

    4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

  16. Job 20:14–16Rank 16 from verse 13
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    14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

    15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

    16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

From verse 14

  1. Psalms 10:7Rank 1 from verse 14
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  2. Psalms 109:17–18Rank 2 from verse 14
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    17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

    18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

  3. Psalms 59:12Rank 3 from verse 14
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    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

  4. James 3:10Rank 4 from verse 14
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    10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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Romans 3:12

COMBINED MEANING

gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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Romans 3:13

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throat

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The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe, or the passages for the food and breath.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

open

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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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tongues

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Tongue organs; languages or speech; peoples distinguished by language; or tongue-shaped appearances.

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used

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of use, meaning to employ or be accustomed.

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deceit

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Falsehood, guile, fraud, trickery, or a purpose, word, or act intended to mislead.

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poison

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A substance which, when taken into the stomach, mixed with the blood or applied to the skin or flesh, proves fatal or deleterious by an action not mechanical; venom.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

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Romans 3:14

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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cursing

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1. The uttering of curses or reviling words. 2. A pronounced curse or doom; the condition subject to it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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bitterness

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1. Deep grief, anguish, or painful distress. 2. A bitter or harmful disposition, condition, or expression, including resentment or hostility.

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3:9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

3:10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

3:11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

3:12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

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3:14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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3:15Their feet are swift to shed blood:

3:16Destruction and misery are in their ways:

3:17And the way of peace have they not known:

3:18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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