12 Bible Verses about Perversion
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He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.
For his mouth of good sense, a man will be recommended, but he who is of perverse {mind} will be despised.
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.
Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.
And he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah [is] {exceedingly} great, and the land is filled with bloodguilt, and the city is full of injustice. For they say Yahweh abandoned the land, and {Yahweh does not see}.
And Jesus answered [and] said, "O unbelieving and perverse generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"
constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.
From Thematic Bible
Perversion » What perverts
And you felt secure in your wickedness; you said, "{No one} sees me." Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I [am], and besides me [there is] no one."
And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.
You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.
As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart will rage.
Perversion » The perverse
For his mouth of good sense, a man will be recommended, but he who is of perverse {mind} will be despised.
He who walks in uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is devious [in] his ways displeases him.
He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.
Whoever walks in integrity will walk securely, but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.
Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.
Perversion » What has nothing perverse in it
Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise its voice? {Atop the heights} beside the road, at the crossroads she stands. Beside gates, before towns, [at the] entrance of doors, she cries out: read more.
"To you, O {people}, I call, and my cry is to the children of humankind. Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}. Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips. My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips. All sayings of my mouth [are] in righteousness; none of them are twisted and crooked.
Perversion » The perverseness of transgressors
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Perversion » Perverseness within the tongue
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.
Topics on Perversion
Sexual Perversion
Deuteronomy 22:22-29"If a man is found lying {with a married woman}, then they shall both die; {both of them}, the man who lay with the woman and the woman [also], so you shall purge the evil from Israel.
