'Perverted' in the Bible

His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.

With the pure You show Yourself pure,And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

“He will sing to men and say,‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,And it is not proper for me.

“All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;Pride and arrogance and the evil wayAnd the perverted mouth, I hate.

The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

The lips of the righteous bring forth what is acceptable,But the mouth of the wicked what is perverted.

He who has a crooked mind finds no good,And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

A voice is heard on the bare heights,The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;Because they have perverted their way,They have forgotten the Lord their God.

For you will no longer remember the oracle of the Lord, because every man’s own word will become the oracle, and you have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.

Therefore the law is ignoredAnd justice is never upheld.For the wicked surround the righteous;Therefore justice comes out perverted.