The Bible teaches that depravity is the deep separation from God that distorts our true nature. It reveals our need for divine grace to overcome the darkness within us. Through understanding our own brokenness, we find the path to redemption and healing. Recognizing depravity leads to humility, opening our hearts to God’s transformative power.
Below is our full list of bible verses on depravity (King James Version – KJV) provided in ranked order.
Most Popular Bible Verses About Depravity
Jeremiah 17:9
“9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Related Themes: Reaping Lust Heart Reputation Heart
Romans 3:23
“23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
Related Themes: Sin Trespassing Forgiveness Lust Holiness
Genesis 6:5
“5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Romans 7:18
“18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.”
Ephesians 2:1-3
“1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:3 Among 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.”
Related Themes: Trespassing Lust Morality New Life
Psalm 51:5
“5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
Related Themes: Sin Original Sin Accountability Repentance
Ephesians 2:3
“3 Among 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.”
Related Themes: Lust Indulgence Trespassing Retribution
Jeremiah 13:23
“23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”
Isaiah 5:20
“20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
Related Themes: Morality Morals Evil Bitterness Good
1 Corinthians 2:14
“14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
Related Themes: Criticism Discernment Holy Spirit Atheism Foolishness
Psalm 58:3
“3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”
Isaiah 64:6
“6 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.”
Related Themes: Morality Glorification Sin Morals Repentance
John 5:40
“40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.”
John 8:34
“34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”
Related Themes: Lust Sin Purity Addiction Repentance
Jude 1:7
“7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”
Related Themes: Lust Abomination Hell Social Justice Adultery
