Psa 14:1-3, 51:5, 58:3, Rom 3:9-20, Gal 3:21 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster . Of David . The fool says in his heart , There is no God . They are corrupt , they do abominable deeds ; there is none who does good .

rCited from Ps. 5:9

s Jer. 5:16

tCited from Ps. 140:3

uCited from Ps. 10:7 (Gk.)

vCited from Prov. 1:16; ver. 15-17, cited from Isa. 59:7, 8

w Luke 1:79

xCited from Ps. 36:1

y John 10:34; 15:25

z Job 5:16; Ps. 63:11; 107:42; Ezek. 16:63; [ch. 1:20; 2:1]

aaSee ver. 9

ab Gal. 2:16; [Ps. 143:2; Acts 13:39]

ad ch. 7:7; [ch. 4:15; 5:13, 20]

aeSee ch. 2:21

Psalms 14:1-3

The Fool Says, There Is No God

To the choirmaster. Of David.

1 ^aThe ^bfool says in his heart, ^c“There is no God.”
They are ^dcorrupt, they do abominable deeds;
^ethere is none who does good.
2 The Lord ^flooks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand, ^{▼▼Or that act wisely}
who ^hseek after God.
3 They have all turned aside; together they have become ⁱcorrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

Psalms 51:5

5 Behold, ^jI was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Psalms 58:3

3 The wicked are ^kestranged from the womb;
they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

Romans 3:9-20

No One Is Righteous

9 What then? Are we Jews ^{▼▼Greek Are we} any better off? ^{▼▼Or at any disadvantage?} No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both ⁿJews and ^oGreeks, are ^punder sin, 10 as it is written:

^q“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 ^r“Their throat is ^san open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
^t“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 ^u“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 ^v“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and ^wthe way of peace they have not known.”
18 ^x“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever ^ythe law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^zso that every mouth may be stopped, and ^aathe whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For ^abby works of the law no human being ^{▼▼Greek flesh} will be justified in his sight, since ^adthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.

Galatians 3:21

21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For ^aeif a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.