Psalm 51:5

New International Reader's Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 5:3

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

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the offerings pleased the Lord. He said to himself, “I will never put a curse on the ground again because of human beings. I will not do it even though their hearts are always directed toward evil. Their thoughts are evil from the time they are young. I will never destroy all living things again, as I have just done.

Job 14:4

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

Psalm 58:3

Even from birth those who are evil go down the wrong path. From the day they are born they go the wrong way and spread lies.

Leviticus 15:18

Suppose a man sleeps with a woman. And suppose semen flows from his body and touches both of them. Then they must take a bath. They will be “unclean” until evening.

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.