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 extremely wicked sinners against Yahweh}.

Then Yahweh said, "Because the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah [is] great and because their sin [is] very {serious},

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

God looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who seeks God.

And just as they did not see fit {to recognize God}, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do the things [that are] not proper,

What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all. For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

Every imagination

And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said {to himself}, "{Never again will I curse} the ground for the sake of humankind, because the inclination of the heart of humankind [is] evil from his youth. {Nor will I ever again destroy} all life as I have done.

And then when he hears the words of this oath, then {he will assure himself} in his heart, {saying}, '{Safety shall be mine even though I go in the stubbornness of my heart},' thereby destroying the well-watered [land] [along] with the parched.

{How much less} he who is abominable and corrupt, a man drinking wickedness like water.

a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,

Look! This alone I found: God made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes."

This [is] the {injustice} that is done under the sun: the same fate [comes] to everyone. Also the hearts of {humans} are full [of] evil; delusion [is] in their hearts during their lives, and then they die.

The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?

And he said to me, "Come and see the detestable things, the evil that they are doing here.

For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

And you, {although you were dead} in your trespasses and sins,

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

General references

The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?