Genesis 6:5

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

Cross References

Matthew 15:19

All these bad things begin in the mind: evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual sins, stealing, lying, and insulting people.

Jeremiah 4:14

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

Jeremiah 17:9

“Nothing can hide its evil as well as the human mind. It can be very sick, and no one really understands it.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

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

Ecclesiastes 7:29

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

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled these sacrifices, and it pleased him. The Lord said to himself, “I will never again curse the earth as a way to punish people. People are evil from the time they are young, but I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth as I did this time.

Psalm 53:2

God looks down from heaven to see if there is anyone who is wise, anyone who looks to him for help.

Titus 3:3

In the past we were foolish too. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to the many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We lived doing evil and being jealous. People hated us and we hated each other.

Ezekiel 8:9

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

Genesis 13:13

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

Ezekiel 8:12

Then God said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of Israel do in the dark? Each man has a special room for his own false god. They say to themselves, ‘The Lord cannot see us. The Lord left this country.’”

Proverbs 6:18

hearts that plan evil things to do, feet that run to do evil,

Deuteronomy 29:19

“Some people might hear these curses and comfort themselves by saying, ‘I will continue doing what I want. Nothing bad will happen to me.’ But that attitude will bring total disaster.

Job 15:16

People are even worse. They are disgusting and dirty. They drink up evil like water.

Matthew 24:37

“When the Son of Man comes, it will be the same as what happened during Noah’s time.

Luke 17:26

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

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 people while Noah was building the big boat. And only a few—eight in all—were saved in the boat through the floodwater.

Job 22:15

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