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

And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.

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

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things;

What then? are we better? No, in no wise: for we have before charged both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin:

Every imagination

And Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, as I have done.

and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.

How much less the abominable and corrupt, man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!

a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they have to go to the dead.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?

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

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;

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

and you, being dead in your offences and sins --

For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

General references

The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?