Romans 7:18

New King James Version

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

Cross References

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Psalm 51:5

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

Romans 7:25

I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!

Galatians 5:24

And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Genesis 6:5

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Romans 7:19

For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.

Romans 7:15

For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

1 Peter 4:2

that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

Luke 11:13

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

Psalm 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments.

Psalm 119:40

Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.

Job 25:4

How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?

Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death.

Psalm 119:173

Let Your hand become my help, For I have chosen Your precepts.

Isaiah 64:6

But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.

Psalm 119:5

Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes!

Psalm 119:32

I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart.