None is righteous; no one seeks for God. Really?

[tonychanyt]

Psalm 14:

1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
3They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

Psalm 53:

1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

Foolish people deny God. They are no good.

Romans 3:

10 as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.

They are foolish. They all sin against God.

However, by the grace of God, some are not so foolish, Genesis 6:

9b Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.

Job 1:

In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and *upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

Genesis 15:

6 Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Lk 2:

25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Is there anyone who seeks God?

Jesus commanded everyone to do so, Matthew 6:

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 7:

7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

In their natural state, people are selfish and deny God. No one is righteous without God's grace. People can seek and find Him by God's grace.

See also

• No one is good—except God alone. Really?
• Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness

 

[Paulus59]

Yes, it's called total depravity. Read here: Total depravity - is it biblical? | GotQuestions.org

That is some information on Total Depravity from a Christian website called: GotQuestions.

 

[tonychanyt]

Yes, it's called total depravity. Read here: Total depravity - is it biblical? | GotQuestions.org

That is some information on Total Depravity from a Christian website called: GotQuestions.

See My take on total depravity and follow up there