Isa 64:6, Jer 13:10, 24:1-8, Eze 15:3-5, Zec 3:3-4, Luk 14:34-35, Rom 3:12 | ESV | STEP | We have all become like one who is unclean , and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment . We all fade like a leaf , and our iniquities , like the wind , take us away .

6 ^aWe have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
^bWe all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Jeremiah 13:10

10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, ^cwho stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is ^dgood for nothing.

Jeremiah 24:1-8

The Good Figs and the Bad Figs

1 ^eAfter Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem ^fJeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with ^gthe officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me this vision: behold, ^htwo baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord. 2 One basket had very good figs, ⁱlike first-ripe figs, but the other basket had ^jvery bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten. 3 And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”

4 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 5 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, ^kwhom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. 6 ^lI will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. ^mI will build them up, and not tear them down; ⁿI will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7 ^oI will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, ^pand they shall be my people ^qand I will be their God, ^rfor they shall return to me with their whole heart.

8 “But thus says the Lord: Like ^sthe bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat ^tZedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who ^udwell in the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 15:3-5

3 Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take ^va peg from it to hang any vessel on it? 4 ^wBehold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything? 5 ^xBehold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything!

Zechariah 3:3-4

3 Now ^yJoshua was standing before the angel, ^zclothed with filthy garments. 4 And the angel said to ^aathose who were standing before him, ^ab“Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, ^acI have taken your iniquity away from you, and ^adI will clothe you with pure vestments.”

Luke 14:34-35

Salt Without Taste Is Worthless

34 ^ae“Salt is good, ^afbut if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? 35 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. ^agHe who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Romans 3:12

12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”