Genesis 6:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.”
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“Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah seeth that abundant <FI>is<Fi> the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 6:5 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- Genesis 18:20Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
- Job 22:15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
- Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 53:2God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Ezekiel 8:9Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
- Ezekiel 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
- Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Romans 3:9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
- Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
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