Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time {that} thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

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. {desires: Gr. wills}

Foolishness {is} bound in the heart of a child; {but} the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne {by me} from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou {art} my God from my mother's belly.

They are all gone aside, they are {all} together become filthy: {there is} none that doeth good, no, not one. {filthy: Heb. stinking}

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

{Ye} serpents, {ye} generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart {is} evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. {a sweet...: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction} {for the imagination: or, through the imagination}

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time {that} thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

O ye sons of men, how long {will ye turn} my glory into shame? {how long} will ye love vanity, {and} seek after leasing? Selah.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work {be} pure, and whether {it be} right.

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. {laden: Heb. of heaviness} {gone...: Heb. alienated, or, separated}

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand {is} a right hand of falsehood.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue {is} mischief and vanity. {deceit: Heb. deceits} {vanity: or, iniquity}

The words of his mouth {are} iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, {and} to do good.