Depravity:
Gen 6:5, Jer 13:23, Rom 8:7-9, Eph 2:3, 1 Cor 2:14
Psalm 14:1-3, 53:1-3
There is none righteous: Man is evil in nature, therefore when faced with a decision, how should this affect our decision making process?
There is none who understands, none who seeks for God: What does this tell us about the world’s religions? What should this help us see regarding false doctrine, or doctrine that places any “faith” in man’s ability?
All have turned aside, together they have become useless: What happens when two sinners get together? Prov 22:24-25
There is none who does good: Psalm 143:2. Does this give us reason to praise God, ref Rom 8:1
Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they deceive: Ps 5:9 Symbolism: An open grave would allow one to look down into the grave and see the decay and feel/smell the stench. If our throat is the open grave, our heart is the thing of decay, as Jesus says in Matt 15:18, 12:34-37.
The poison of asps: Ps 140:3, James 3:8 If our tongue is so poisonous, why do we still use it so often?
Mouth full of cursing: Ps 10:7 People seem to have a bent for wanting the worst to come about, Christians should be different.
Feet swift to shed blood: Is 59:7,8 How does this apply to us, what does our path look like as we look back?
Haven’t know the way of peace: How does this apply to both inner and outer peace for man?
No fear of God: The closing statement, this ends his condemnation of man. What does this say about man’s view of God? Job 28:28, Prov 1:7 Eccl 12:13 Ps 42:1
How should “so that every mouth may be stopped” put fear into our hearts?
What does this passage say about how we are saved?
