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Psalms 51:3-5
3: For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4: Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
5: Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
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Isaiah 59:2
2: But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3: For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters wicked things.
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Romans 3:23
11: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"
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