And Jehovah saw that the evil of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all day long.

And Jehovah regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved to His heart.

And God looked upon the earth, and behold it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

What is man, that he should be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

how much more abhorrent and corrupt is man, who drinks injustice like water!

Jehovah looked down from Heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, no, not one.

Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like men?

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,

among whom also we all formerly conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others;

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to Jehovah, but the words of the pure are pleasant.

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed from its excrement.

Many shall be purified and made white and tested, but the wicked shall do wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

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

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for a tree is known by its fruit.

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

To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify a people for His own possession, zealous unto good works.

not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently out of a pure heart,

having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the Word of God which lives and abides forever,

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who produces righteousness is born of Him.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.