12 They have all gone out of the way: they have been made altogether unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

13 (A)Their throat is an open sepulcher: they have used their tongues to deceit: (B)the poison of asps is under their lips.

14 (C)Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

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12 All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”[a](A)
13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[b](B)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[c](C)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[d](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20
  2. Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
  3. Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
  4. Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)