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 people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.)

So the Lord said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

Every imagination

And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives -- then they die.

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

He said to me, "Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here."

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

General references

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?