Genesis 6:5

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Summary

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.

God

Every imagination

General references

Jeremiah 17:9

Bible References

God

Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against LORD.

And LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood, who seek after God.

And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;

What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin,

Every imagination

And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything

and it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Behold, this only I have found: That God made man upright, but they have sought out many contrivances.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

And he said to me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.

For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.

For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,

Even you, who were dead in trespasses and sins

For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.

General references

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?