Romans 3:9-19

⁹What then? Are we excusing ourselves? Not at all. For we have already accused both Jews and Greeks, all of them, of being under sin.

¹⁰This is as it is written: “There is no one righteous, not one.

¹¹There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

¹²They have all turned away. They together have become useless. There is no one who does good, no, not even one.”

¹³“Their throat is an open grave. Their tongues have deceived. The poison of snakes is under their lips.”

¹⁴“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

¹⁵“Their feet are swift to pour out blood.

¹⁶Destruction and suffering are in their paths.

¹⁷These people have not known a way of peace.”

¹⁸“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

¹⁹Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to the ones who are under the law. This is in order that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world held accountable to God.