9 Well then, are we [Jews] superior and better off than they? No, not at all. We have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), are under sin [held down by and subject to its power and control].
10 As it is written, None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no, not one. [Ps. 14:3.]
11 No one understands [no one intelligently discerns or comprehends]; no one seeks out God. [Ps. 14:2.]
12 All have turned aside; together they have gone wrong and have become unprofitable and worthless; no one does right, not even one!
13 Their throat is a yawning grave; they use their tongues to deceive (to mislead and to deal treacherously). The venom of asps is beneath their lips. [Ps. 5:9; 140:3.]
14 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. [Ps. 10:7.]
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.