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

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

And the 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 no one that does good.

God looked down from heaven upon the sons of Adam to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a perverse understanding, to do those things which are not convenient,

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise; for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin;

Every imagination

And the LORD smelled a savour of rest, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his childhood; neither will I again smite any more every living thing as I have done.

and it shall be, when that one hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst.

How much less the man who is abominable and filthy, who drinks iniquity like water?

a heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to evil,

Behold, this only have I found: that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many perversions.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all; and also that 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 desperately wicked; who shall know it?

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

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth the evil thoughts, the adulteries, the fornications, the murders,

And he has made you alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

For we ourselves also were foolish in another time, rebellious, deceived, serving diverse lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

General references

The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who shall know it?