12 Bible Verses about Perversion

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Proverbs 17:20

He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

Psalm 101:4

A perverse heart shall depart from me. I will know no evil thing.

Proverbs 12:8

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness. For they say, LORD has forsaken the land, and LORD does not see.

Matthew 17:17

And having answered, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him here to me.

1 Timothy 6:5

constant frictions of men corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing piety to be a means of gain. Withdraw from such.

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Perversion » What perverts

Isaiah 47:10

For thou have trusted in thy wickedness. Thou have said, None sees me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it has perverted thee. And thou have said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Perversion » The perverse

Proverbs 12:8

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Proverbs 14:2

He who walks in his uprightness fears LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

Proverbs 10:9

He who walks uprightly walks securely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

More verses: Proverbs 28:6

Perversion » What has nothing perverse in it

Proverbs 8:1-8

Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding put forth her voice? On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands. Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she cries aloud: read more.
To you, O men, I call. And my voice is to the sons of men. O ye simple, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. Hear, for I will speak excellent things. And the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall utter truth. And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

Perversion » The perverseness of transgressors

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Perversion » Perverseness within the tongue

Topics on Perversion

Sexual Perversion

Deuteronomy 22:22-29

If a man be found laying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman. So shall thou put away the evil from Israel.

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