Everybody turned away, they became worthless together. There is not a man who does kindness; there is not one for a time. Their larynx is a tomb which has been opened. With their tongues, they dealt treacherously; the poison of asps is beneath their lips, whose mouth is full of curse and bitterness. Their feet are quick to pour out blood, ruin and wretchedness are in their tracks, and the track of peace they did not know. The fear of God is not before their eyes.” (Romans 3:12-18)
Everybody turned away… One of the common metaphors for sin in the Old Testament is "turning to the left or to the right," figuring a person who leaves the straight path and goes astray. God sees that all men have abandoned the highway and have, instead, taken one of the "off-limits" side roads.
They became worthless together… This is similar to the statement earlier that men have become futile in their speculations. Because men are not interested in careful examination of God, they have become depraved in their thinking.
There is not a man who does kindness… Most English translations render this phrase something like, “There is none who does good.” The Hebrew word for good is a broad term which can communicate a variety of aspects, similar to the English word good (good hamburger, good dog, good girl, good God, and good grief.) The Greek word translated good is used more narrowly to mean "honesty" or "kindness". Paul employs it two other times in Romans, each connoting the gracious or merciful kindness of God. It would seem then that God's charge is that men do not act with kindness and mercy toward one another. "He has told you, O Man, what is good…to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God". How many men do this? Not even one.
Their larynx is a tomb which has been opened… The throats of men are ready to swallow other people whole, and death resides there. They intentionally mislead and seek to inject their verbal venom into others.
Whose mouth is full of curse and bitterness… Turn on the television and count how many times you hear a form of the word damn or any profanity or hate-filled term. If what comes out of the mouth defiles the man, then truly we are a defiled race.
Their feet are quick to pour out blood… Killing is not a last resort, it is something pursued with eagerness and haste. Calamity and ruin are part of the journey for men; peace is unusual and short-lived, if at all. Again, a quick glance at the newspaper or tuning in to the evening news will offer proof of this claim.
The fear of God is not before their eyes… This is the underlying cause of the previous conditions—men do not respect God, nor are they afraid of Him.