Job 14:4

New International Reader's Version

Who can bring what is pure from something that isn’t pure? No one!

Cross References

Genesis 5:3

When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him. He named him Seth.

Job 15:14

“Can human beings really be pure? Can those who are born really be right with God?

Psalm 51:5

I know I’ve been a sinner ever since I was born. I’ve been a sinner ever since my mother became pregnant with me.

Psalm 51:7

Sprinkle me with hyssop, then I will be clean. Wash me, then I will be whiter than snow.

Psalm 90:5

Yet you sweep people away, and they die. They are like new grass that grows in the morning.

Proverbs 20:9

No one can say, “I have kept my heart pure. I’m ‘clean,’ and I haven’t sinned.”

Luke 1:35

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come to you. The power of the Most High God will cover you. So the holy one that is born will be called the Son of God.

John 3:6

People give birth to people. But the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

Romans 5:12

Sin entered the world because one man sinned. And death came because of sin. Everyone sinned, so death came to all people.

Ephesians 2:3

At one time we all lived among them. Our desires were controlled by sin. We tried to satisfy what they wanted us to do. We followed our desires and thoughts. God was angry with us like he was with everyone else. That’s because of the kind of people we all were.