Romans 3:9-20

9What then? Are we any better off? Not at all! For we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

10as it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one.

11There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.

12All have turned away; all alike have become worthless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one.

13Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues. Vipers’ venom is under their lips.

14Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

15Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,

17and the path of peace they have not known.

18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

19Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

20For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.