Genesis 6:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.

Genesis 8:21

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

Job 15:16

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

Job 22:15

Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

Psalm 53:2

God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

Proverbs 6:18

A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

Ecclesiastes 7:29

This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after thatto the dead.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

Ezekiel 8:12

And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.

Ezekiel 8:9

And he said to me, Go in and see the evil and disgusting things which they are doing here.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

Matthew 24:37

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

Luke 17:26

And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

Deuteronomy 29:19

If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

Titus 3:3

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

1 Peter 3:20

Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water: