The chapter opens with a rhetorical question about the righteousness of the ungodly, noting that they are not truly righteous. It declares that all have sinned and fall short of God's glory, and that no one can be justified by mere speech or good deeds.
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Psalms 73:3Psalms 92:6Psalms 107:17I Samuel 25:25Proverbs 1:7Proverbs 1:22Proverbs 13:19Proverbs 27:22Luke 12:20Psalms 10:4Psalms 52:1Psalms 52:2
Psalms 53:1Proverbs 17:21Psalms 9:1Psalms 75:1Isaiah 59:6Galatians 2:16
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Psalms 33:13Psalms 33:14Psalms 102:19Psalms 102:20Genesis 6:12Genesis 11:5Genesis 18:21Isaiah 63:15Isaiah 64:1Lamentations 3:50Psalms 82:5Psalms 107:43
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Psalms 119:176Ecclesiastes 7:29Isaiah 53:6Isaiah 59:7Isaiah 59:8Isaiah 59:13Isaiah 59:14Isaiah 59:15Jeremiah 2:13Romans 3:10Romans 3:11Romans 3:12
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Psalms 94:8Psalms 94:9Isaiah 5:13Isaiah 27:11Isaiah 29:14Isaiah 44:19Isaiah 44:20Isaiah 45:20Romans 1:21Romans 1:22Romans 1:28II Corinthians 4:3
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Psalms 53:5Exodus 15:16Esther 8:7Proverbs 1:26Proverbs 1:27Proverbs 28:1Psalms 46:5Psalms 46:7Psalms 46:11Isaiah 8:10Isaiah 12:6Isaiah 41:10
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Psalms 3:2Psalms 4:2Psalms 22:7Psalms 22:8Psalms 42:10Nehemiah 4:2Nehemiah 4:3Nehemiah 4:4Isaiah 37:10Isaiah 37:11Ezekiel 35:10Daniel 3:15
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Psalms 53:6Isaiah 52:7Ezekiel 16:53Psalms 9:14Psalms 40:16Psalms 70:4