67 occurrences in 12 translations

'Perverse' in the Bible

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyBeating AnimalsActing Three TimesGod As EnemyWhy Do You Do This?

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsSin, Nature OfCharacter Of WickedEvil GenerationsCrookednessIsrael As Sons Of GodTwisted Ways

He said: “I will hide My face from them;I will see what will become of them,for they are a perverse generation—unfaithful children.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodGod HidingUnfaithful

While {they were enjoying themselves}, behold, the men of the city, {the perverse lot}, surrounded the house, pounding on the door. And they said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house so that {we may have sex with him}."

Verse ConceptsVulgarityCrude LanguageDecadenceHomosexualityKnockingSexual Union IntendedAbuse

So then, hand over the men, {the perverse lot}, who [are] in Gibeah, so that we may kill them and purge [this] wickedness from Israel." But the descendants of Benjamin were not willing to listen to the voice of their relatives, the {Israelites}.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualHanding Over PeopleDeath Penalty For Sexual Sin

Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAnger Of Man, CauseChoosing PeopleNamed People Angry With OthersShame Has Comerebellion

In the company of the pure you demonstrate your purity. In the company of the perverted you will appear to be perverse.

Verse ConceptsTwisted WaysGod Is PureGood Rebounding

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

Verse ConceptsAngerGrudgesJealousyResentment, Against GodResentmentFruits Of SinShovels

I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

Verse ConceptsExperience, of lifeRootsThe Work Of Fools

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfLipsWhat Sin?

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Verse ConceptsSelf CondemnationHuman ImperfectionPlea Of Innocencecondemnation

God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.

Verse ConceptsGod Handing Over

Only these are tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing God

In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

Verse ConceptsDistressFamine ComingFamine Will Come

As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming Enemies

And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

Verse ConceptsTeethDentistryBreaking TeethIndividuals Saving Others

Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

Verse ConceptsPunishment of the The Wicked

to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualTwisted WaysGod Is PureGood ReboundingBeing Yourselfmyself

O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofSuffering, Causes OfGod Delivering From Evil

rescuing you from the way of evil—from the one who says perverse things,

Verse ConceptsFalsehoodDeviousnessSalvation By Other Things

Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsBad InfluenceAbominations, To GodDeviousnessFriendship Kjv

A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanitySatan, As The Enemy Of GodWicked

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

Verse ConceptsTwisted Ways

The lips of the righteous know what is appropriate,but the mouth of the wicked, only what is perverse. >

Verse ConceptsLipsSpeech, Positive Aspects OfObscenity

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

Verse ConceptsCommendationProverbsPerversionDespising PeopleLife Despisedgays

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Verse ConceptsUprightnessDeviousnessTwisted WaysThe Fear Of The Lord

He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

The conduct of a guilty man is perverse, but the behavior of the pure is upright.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedDeviousnessTwisted WaysPure People

Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse person, but whoever is cautious stays far away from them.

Verse ConceptsThornsEvil AssociationsGod TrappingPitfalls

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholImagination, Evil SchemingSpectacle

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Verse ConceptsSafetyCrookednessTwisted WaysDownfallSudden Death

An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!

Verse ConceptsAbominationsHating EvilHating The RighteousHate

The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrunkenness, Figurative OfBewildermentStaggeringPuzzlementuncertaintydrunkards

Your thinking is perverse! Should the potter be regarded as clay? Should the thing made say about its maker, "He didn't make me"? Or should the pottery say about the potter, "He doesn't understand"?

Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersClayPotterPotteryTurning Upside DownBeing Without UnderstandingMan's Relationship With His CreatorWeedatheismpot

A way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace.

Verse ConceptsWay, TheCrookednessPaths Of The WickedPathways Of SinSpiritual IgnoranceUnrestTwistingNo PeacePaths

A voice on high places is heard -- weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made perverse their way, They have forgotten Jehovah their God.

Verse ConceptsForgettingWeepingConviction Of Sinimpulsiveness

And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.

Verse ConceptsManipulationMen DeceivingFriendsFriendship And TrustDeceptionLying And Deceitlieing

for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done it;

Verse ConceptsDeceiving OneselfWe Obey

Its prophets are arrogant and treacherous. Its priests have contaminated the sanctuary. They give perverse interpretations of the Law.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSanctuaryTreacheryCorrupt PriestsPollutionsWicked ProphetsLack Of HolinessUnfaithful

Jehovah is righteous in her midst, He doth not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light, It hath not been lacking, And the perverse doth not know shame.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardGod, Righteousness OfMorningRegretUnceasingGod Always WorkingGod Doing RightDoing RightEvery MorningAbsence Of RegretInjustice

We are suffering justly, because we are getting what we deserve for what we have done; but this Man has done nothing wrong.”

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples Of

Bible Theasaurus

Contrary (120 instances)
Depraved (16 instances)
Immoral (38 instances)
Obstinate (30 instances)
Perverse (67 instances)
Perverted (32 instances)
Reprobate (8 instances)
Wayward (20 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הוּה 
Havvah 
Usage: 16

הפך 
Haphak 
Usage: 94

ירט 
Yarat 
Usage: 2

לוּז 
Luwz 
Usage: 6

לזוּת 
L@zuwth 
Usage: 1

מטּה 
Mutteh 
Usage: 1

סלף 
Celeph 
Usage: 2

עוה 
`avah 
Usage: 17

עלה עולה עולה עול עול 
`evel 
Usage: 53

עועה 
`av`eh 
Usage: 1

עות 
`avath 
Usage: 11

עקשׁ 
`aqash 
Usage: 5

עקּשׁ 
`iqqesh 
Usage: 11

תּהפּכה 
Tahpukah 
Usage: 10

διαστρέφω 
Diastrepho 
Usage: 5

παραδιατριβή 
Paradiatribe 
Usage: 1

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