'Perverse' in the Bible

If a man lies [intimately] with a male as if he were a woman, both men have committed a detestable (perverse, unnatural) act; they shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them.

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:

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

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.

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}."

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}.

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The wicked are estranged from the womb;These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.

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

A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

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

who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

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

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

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

planning evil with a perverse mind, continually stirring up discord.

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

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,and perverse speech.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom,but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

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

An abomination to Jehovah are the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way are His delight.

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

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

From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and {from his own}, [so shall] a good man.

Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.

A perverse man spreads strife,And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

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

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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

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

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

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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

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

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.

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"?

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.

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.

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.

“The heart is deceitful above all thingsAnd it is extremely sick;Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?

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;

“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bandage the crippled, and strengthen the weak and the sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hard-hearted and perverse]. I will feed them with judgment and punishment.

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

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.

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

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

Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

and that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith.

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.