"Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him," II Kings 12:2.

Holiness is the result of instruction in righteousness. Man is, by nature, utterly void of all knowledge of holiness and how it is to be attained. Not only is he in utter ignorance of holiness, but he hates instruction in holiness.

"Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee," Psalms 50:17. "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction," Proverbs 1:7.