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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.

Romans 3:9 ff., 23

9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,