Bible Strands
Psalms 14:3
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist declares the universal condition of humanity immediately after describing God’s descent from heaven to inspect human understanding and piety.
The words — סָר (sar) = turns aside; נֶאֱלָחוּ (ne'elahchu) = become corrupt.
The thread — This declaration of universal moral failure echoes the prophetic testimony in Isaiah 53:6 regarding universal astray and Isaiah 64:6 regarding the unclean state of human righteousness, and is later cited in Romans 3:10 to establish the baseline of human unrighteousness before the gospel.
Why it lands — It demands a reader to acknowledge that no human effort or moral category stands as an exception to the stated reality that no one does good, thereby removing self-justification as a starting point for faith.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Cross-references
- Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
- Isaiah 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
- Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- Psalms 14:1 For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Isaiah 59:13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
- Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Job 14:4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Psalms 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Psalms 143:2 Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.