Genesis 6:5

Easy To Read Version

The Lord saw that the people on the earth were very evil. The Lord saw that people thought only about evil things all the time.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

The Lord knew that the people of Sodom were very evil sinners.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled these sacrifices, and it pleased him. The Lord said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground as a way to punish people. People are evil from the time that they are young. So I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth like I have just done.

Job 15:16

Man is even worse.\par Man is dirty and ruined.\par He drinks up evil like water.\par

Job 22:15

“Job, you are walking on the old path\par that evil people walked on long ago.\par

Psalm 53:2

There really is a God in heaven\par watching over us.\par God is looking for wise people\par who are looking for God!\par

Proverbs 6:18

hearts that plan bad things to do,\par feet that run to do evil things,\par

Ecclesiastes 7:29

“There is one other thing I have learned: God made people good. But people found many ways to be bad.”

Ecclesiastes 9:3

Of all the things that happen in this life, the worst thing is that all people end the same way. But it is also very bad that people always think evil and foolish thoughts. And those thoughts lead to death.

Jeremiah 17:9

“A person’s mind is very tricky!\par The mind can be very sick,\par and no person truly understands it.\par

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, wash the evil\par from your hearts.\par Make your hearts pure so you can be saved.\par Don’t continue making evil plans.\par

Ezekiel 8:12

Then \{God\} said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [67]} do you see what the elders of Israel do in the dark? Each man has a special room for his own false god! Those men say to themselves, ‘The Lord can’t see us. The Lord left this country.’”

Ezekiel 8:9

Then \{God\} said to me, “Go in and look at the terrible, evil things that the people are doing here.”

Matthew 15:19

All these bad things begin in a person’s mind: evil thoughts, murder, adultery, {\cf2\super [210]} sexual sins, stealing, lying, saying bad things against other people.

Matthew 24:37

When the Son of Man {\cf2\super [379]} comes, it will be the same as the thing that happened during Noah’s time.

Luke 17:26

It will be the same when the Son of Man comes again as it was when Noah lived.

Deuteronomy 29:19

“A person might hear these curses, but he might comfort himself and say, ‘I will continue doing what I want. Nothing bad will happen to me.’ That person might cause bad things to happen not only to himself but to everyone—even to the good people. [192]

Titus 3:3

Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 3:20

Those were the spirits who refused to obey God long ago in the time of Noah. God was waiting patiently for them while Noah was building the big boat. Only a few people—eight in all—were saved in that boat. Those people were saved by water.