11 Bible Verses about Perversion
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Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.
The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
Then he said to me, The sin of the children of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is full of blood and the town full of evil ways: for they say, The Lord has gone away from the land, and the Lord does not see.
And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
From Thematic Bible
Perversion » What perverts
For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
Perversion » The perverse
A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.
He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
Perversion » What has nothing perverse in it
Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding? At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place; Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud: read more.
I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men. Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart. Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright. For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me. All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.
Perversion » The perverseness of transgressors
The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
Perversion » Perverseness within the tongue
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
Topics on Perversion
Sexual Perversion
Deuteronomy 22:22-29If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.
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