Genesis 6:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination and intention of all human thinking was only evil continually.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Common English Bible

⁵ The LORD saw that humanity had become thoroughly evil on the earth and that every idea their minds thought up was always completely evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

Genesis 6:5 Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

Genesis 8:21

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

Job 15:16

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

Job 22:15

Will you keep to the old way which wicked men have trod?

Psalm 53:2

God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there are any that are wise, that seek after God.

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all; also the hearts of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it?

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

Ezekiel 8:12

Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, every man in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

Ezekiel 8:9

And he said to me, “Go in, and see the vile abominations that they are committing here.”

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.

Matthew 24:37

As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

Luke 17:26

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man.

Deuteronomy 29:19

one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This would lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;

1 Peter 3:20

who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.