25 occurrences

'Perverse' in the Bible

The angel of Yahweh said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come forth as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me:

They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish. [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.

He said, "I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.

Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, "You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don't I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?

Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

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

One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

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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