11 There is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.(A)[a]
13 Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.(B)[b]
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.(C)[c]
14 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.(D)[d]
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,
17 and the path of peace they have not known.(E)[e]
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.(F)[f]

19 Now we know that whatever the law says(G) speaks to those who are subject to the law,[g](H) so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.[h](I)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:12 Ps 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ec 7:20
  2. Romans 3:13 Ps 5:9
  3. Romans 3:13 Ps 140:3
  4. Romans 3:14 Ps 10:7
  5. Romans 3:17 Is 59:7-8
  6. Romans 3:18 Ps 36:1
  7. Romans 3:19 Lit those in the law
  8. Romans 3:19 Or become guilty before God, or may be accountable to God

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