Prov 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one, his own goodness: but who can find a faithful man?
Jer 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know [or understand] it?
Jer 17:10 But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”(NLT)
Luke 8:17 For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all.[NLT]
Mat 15:8 These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God. [NLT]
Rom 3:12 They have all gone out of the way, they have all together become unprofitable; there is none that do good, no, not one.
1John 4:2 If a man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
James 1:26 If any man among you seems to be religious, and does not bridle [control] his tongue, he deceives his own heart and this man’s religion is vain.
2 Tim 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away
Romans 10:2 They have a zeal of God, but NOT according to knowledge.
Rom 10:3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, go about to establish their OWN righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.
Lk 16:15 And Jesus said to them, You are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Pro 14:12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Rom 6: 23 For the wages of sin is death
Is 59:2 It’s your sins that have cut you off from God.
1 Cor 3:13 Every man’s work will be made manifest: for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will try every man’s work of what sort it is.
Isa 64:6 We are all as an unclean thing and our righteousness is as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, sins, like the wind, have taken us away.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
1Pet 1:17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Prov 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Rom 2:13 For NOT the HEARERS of the law are just before God, but the DOERS of the law will be justified.
Children of Disobedience
Eph 2:3 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. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
Eph 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
1 Cor 6:9 Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, abusers of themselves with mankind 10 or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.(NLT)
Rev 21:8 The fearful, and unbelievers, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Mt 12:36 Every idle word that men will speak, they will give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.
Mt 12:37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
Rev 22:15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves to make up a lie.
Rom 2:33 And do you think, O man, that judges them which do such things, and do the same things, that you will escape the judgment of God?
Col 3:5 Mortify [put to death] therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake, the wrath of God comes, on the children of disobedience:
Luke 12:20 God [will say], You fool, this night thy soul will be required of thee
2Pet 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to REPENTANCE.
Verdict: Guilty as Sin
Rom 3:19 The law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.
James 2:10 For whosoever will keep the WHOLE law, and yet offend in ONE point, he is GUILTY of ALL.
Rom 3:20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
Rom 2:15 the conscience also bears witness, and their thoughts either accuses or else excuses one another; 16 In that day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Rom 2:2 we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
Rom 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
The Judgment
Rom 2:5 Because of your hard and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.(HCB)
John 5: 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves will hear his voice,
29 And will come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Acts 17:31 [God] has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he gave assurance unto all men, in that he raised him [Jesus] from the dead.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example to those that after should live ungodly…
Rom 2:8 To them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath.
Mk 2:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
2Thes 1:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2Thes 1:9 Who will be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;10 When he will come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Phil 2:9 Wherefore God has also highly exalted him [Jesus], and given him a name which is above every name:
Phil 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
1Pet 1:20 Who truly was foreordained BEFORE the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you
Heb 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Isaiah 59:2 It is our sins that have cut us off from God.
Mat 3:10 Every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Heb 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
UnMasking Our Dirty Little Secrets
Psalm 28:13 He that covers his [own] sins will not prosper: but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Luke 13:3 Jesus said…unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
2Cor 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
Heb2:3 So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak? 4 And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.(NLT)
Acts 26:18 Open [your] eyes, and… turn …from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that [you] may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Rom 6:16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.
Mat 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.
Mat 3:8 Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.[NLT]
Heb 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins
Rev 3:3 Hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me. If you don’t wake up I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.
Luke 12:20 God [will say], You fool, this night thy soul will be required of thee
Rom8:8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Jer 24:7 [God said] I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will return unto me with their whole heart.
Heb 3:15 Remember what it says:“Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled.”
Heb 3:14 For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.
John 15:13 [Jesus said] Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 You are my friends, if you do whatsoever I command you.
1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another.
Mat 5:43 You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.
Mat 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you, and persecute you;
Mat 5:45 That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: …
Acts 22:16 What are you waiting for? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Become a Child of God.
1John 1:9 Confess your sins, he is faithful and just to forgive you of your sins, and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness.
Rom 10:9 Confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God had raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Acts 2:38 “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
2 Tim 2:15 Study to show yourself approved
Col 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God
Rom 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
2 Tim 2:19 The foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his. And, let everyone that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity [sinning].