No One Is Righteous
Their feet are swift to shed blood: Rom 3:15
These verses describe the vileness and wickedness of various parts of the human body, indicating figuratively that every part contributes to a person’s condemnation. In sequence these quotations are taken from Psm. 5:9 (Rom. 3:13); Psm. 140:3 (Rom. 3:13); Psm. 10:7 (Rom. 3:14); Isa. 59:7-8 (Rom. 3:15-17); and Psm. 36:1 (Rom. 3:18). They pertain to three actions: talking (throats… tongues… lips… mouths; Rom. 3:13-14), and as we see here, conduct (feet; Rom. 3:15-17).
This is speaking of evil men. Of course, we know that some of the Jewish leaders of Israel wanted all the Christians killed. They even thought they were doing God a favor to kill the Christians.
The next few verses are describing people without understanding. They are without the love of God within them. Their desire is to destroy and make others miserable. This really is like so many gangs in our country today. They have no desire to build, just to tear down and destroy what someone else has built. They like to make others miserable thinking with their perverted mind that seeing someone more miserable than themselves will bring them happiness. They are not peace makers. How could they fear what they do not know? They do not know God.
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