HIDDEN VERSES

One of the biggest problems with creating a list of proof-texts to establish your favorite theological doctrine is what doesn't make the list.

And what doesn't make the list is every verse that could be interpreted in a way that disproves your doctrine.

There is no way for your intended audience to know if there are zero such verses or if that alternate list would be ten times as long as yours. 

Those opposing verses are simply invisible. (Unless your audience "does their own research".)

So as you build your total depravity proof list, for instance, you include Psalm 14:2-3 (Referenced by Paul in Romans 3:11) to establish that human beings are incapable of seeking God:

 2 The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.

3 All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. *

But there are a few verses you have to hide - to leave off your list. Like Isaiah 55:6-7:

6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

7 Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

And this from Paul's preaching to the Athenians in Acts 17:

27 God intended that they (humans) would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. 

Proof-texting is a playground for confirmation bias. You will see only evidence which confirms your prior belief. Everything else will remain hidden. 

* Of course, you do not acknowledge that right there in verse 3 it makes clear these are people who have become corrupt - which would preclude the possibility that they were born corrupt. OR the fact that the psalmist is speaking of fools who deny God's existence - none of these fools seek Him - and contrast them against God's own people later in the psalm.