Genesis 6:11

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The world was corrupt in God’s sight and full of violence.

Cross References

Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed. That’s why people used to say, “⌞He’s⌟ like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed.”

Genesis 13:13

(The people who lived in Sodom were very wicked. They committed terrible sins against the Lord.)

Genesis 6:10

He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 7:1

The Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ship with your whole family because I have seen that you alone are righteous among the people of today.

2 Chronicles 34:27

You had a change of heart and humbled yourself in front of God when you heard my words against this place and those who live here. You humbled yourself, tore your clothes ⌞in distress⌟, and cried in front of me. So I will listen ⌞to you⌟, declares the Lord.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests righteous people, but he hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.

Psalm 140:11

Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.

Psalm 55:9

Completely confuse their language, O Lord, because I see violence and conflict in the city.

Exodus 32:7

The Lord said to Moses, “Go back down there. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have ruined ⌞everything⌟.

Isaiah 60:18

No longer will you hear about violence in your land or desolation and destruction within your borders. You will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Jeremiah 6:7

As a well keeps its water fresh, so Jerusalem keeps its evil fresh. Violence and destruction can be heard in it. I see that it is sick and wounded.

Ezekiel 28:16

You traded far and wide. You learned to be violent, and you sinned. So I threw you down from God’s mountain in disgrace. The guardian angel forced you out from the fiery stones.

Ezekiel 8:17

He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this? Isn’t it bad enough that the people of Judah have done these disgusting things that you have seen here? Yet, they also fill the land with violence and continue to provoke me even more. Look how they insult me in the worst possible way.

Habakkuk 1:2

How long, O Lord, am I to cry for help, but you will not listen? I cry out to you, “There’s violence!” yet you will not come to the rescue.

Habakkuk 2:17

The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction done to the animals will terrify you because of the slaughter and violence done to lands, cities, and all their inhabitants.

Habakkuk 2:8

You have looted many nations. All the rest of the people will loot you because of the slaughter and violence done to lands, cities, and all their inhabitants.

Luke 1:6

Zechariah and Elizabeth had God’s approval. They followed all the Lord’s commands and regulations perfectly.

Romans 2:13

People who merely listen to the laws in Moses’ Teachings don’t have God’s approval. Rather, people who do what those laws demand will have God’s approval.

Romans 3:19

We know that whatever the Scriptures say applies to everyone under their influence, and no one can say a thing. The whole world is brought under the judgment of God.

Deuteronomy 31:29

I know that after I die you will become thoroughly corrupt and turn from the way I have commanded you to live. In the days to come disasters will happen to you because you will make the Lord furious by doing what he considers evil.”

Judges 2:19

But after each judge died, the people went back to their old ways and acted more corruptly than their parents. They followed, served, and worshiped other gods. They never gave up their evil practices and stubborn ways.