Genesis 6:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Cross References

Matthew 15:19

Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others.

Jeremiah 4:14

But Jerusalem, there is still time for you to be saved. Wash the evil from your hearts and stop making sinful plans,

Jeremiah 17:9

You people of Judah are so deceitful that you even fool yourselves, and you can't change.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

It's terribly unfair for the same thing to happen to each of us. We are mean and foolish while we live, and then we die.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

I did learn one thing: We were completely honest when God created us, but now we have twisted minds.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased the Lord, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Psalm 53:2

From heaven God looks down to see if anyone is wise enough to search for him.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

Ezekiel 8:9

“Go in,” God said, “and see what horrible and evil things the people are doing.”

Genesis 13:13

where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the Lord.

Ezekiel 8:12

God said, “Ezekiel, do you see what horrible things Israel's leaders are doing in secret? They have filled their rooms with idols. And they say I can't see them, because they think I have already deserted Israel.

Proverbs 6:18

those who make evil plans or are quick to do wrong,

Deuteronomy 29:19

You may be an Israelite and know all about the Lord's agreement with us, but he won't bless you if you rebel against him. You may think you can get away with it, but you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.

Job 15:16

what chance do humans have? We are so terribly evil that we thirst for sin.

Matthew 24:37

When the Son of Man appears, things will be just as they were when Noah lived.

Luke 17:26

When the Son of Man comes, things will be just as they were when Noah lived.

1 Peter 3:20

They had disobeyed God while Noah was building the boat, but God had been patient with them. Eight people went into that boat and were brought safely through the flood.

Job 22:15

Give up those ancient ideas believed by sinners,