Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
They have corrupted themselves
Their spot, etc
Bible References
They have corrupted themselves
2 Corinthians 11:3
Yet I fear that it may turn out that, just as the Serpent by his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may have lost the loyalty and purity due from you to the Christ.
Their spot, etc
John 8:41
You are doing what your own father does." "We are not bastards," they said, "we have one Father--God himself."
A perverse
Matthew 3:7
When, however, John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to receive his baptism, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who has prompted you to seek refuge from the coming judgment?
Matthew 16:4
A wicked and unfaithful generation is asking for a sign, but no sign shall be given it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and went away.
Matthew 17:17
"O faithless and perverse generation!" Jesus exclaimed, "how long must I be among you? how long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy here to me."
Luke 9:41
"O faithless and perverse generation!" Jesus exclaimed; "how long must I be with you and have patience with you? Lead your son here."
Acts 7:51
O! stubborn race, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.
Philippians 2:15
So as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent-- 'faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation,' in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world,