10 Bible Verses about Degradation

And Moses saw the people, that unbridled, they were, - for Aaron had given them the rein, for a whispering, among their enemies.

And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, thrusting about thee in thy blood, And said to thee - Despite thy blood, ye! Yea I said to thee - Despite thy blood, live!

Yea when ye lift up your gifts When ye cause your children to pass through the fire, Ye are defiling yourselves unto all your manufactured gods unto this day, And shall be enquired of by you. house of Israel. As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely I will not be enquired of by you.

There hath befallen them the thing spoken of in the true proverb - A dog, turning back unto his own vomit, and - A sow, as soon as washed, unto wallowing in mire.

Professing to be wise, they were made foolish,

How thou dost make winsome thy way, to seek love! Therefore, even unto wicked women, hast thou taught thy ways.

Therefore shalt thou say unto them - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, - Drink ye and be drunken, and vomit, and fall and rise not, - because of the sword which I am sending between you.

Now, the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, - brought it in from Eben-ezer, unto Ashdod. And, when the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, - and placed it by the side of Dagon.

Lo! this became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, - Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security came to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not.

Alas! for him who causeth his neighbour to drink, from the goblet of thy fury, and also, making him drunk, - to the end thou mayest gloat over their parts of shame.