Genesis 6:11

New Living Translation

Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.

Cross References

Genesis 10:9

Since he was the greatest hunter in the world, his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.”

Genesis 13:13

But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord.

Genesis 6:10

Noah was the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 7:1

When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.

2 Chronicles 34:27

You were sorry and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this city and its people. You humbled yourself and tore your clothing in despair and wept before me in repentance. And I have indeed heard you, says the Lord.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord examines both the righteous and the wicked. He hates those who love violence.

Psalm 140:11

Don’t let liars prosper here in our land. Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.

Psalm 55:9

Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city.

Exodus 32:7

The Lord told Moses, “Quick! Go down the mountain! Your people whom you brought from the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

Isaiah 60:18

Violence will disappear from your land; the desolation and destruction of war will end. Salvation will surround you like city walls, and praise will be on the lips of all who enter there.

Jeremiah 6:7

She spouts evil like a fountain. Her streets echo with the sounds of violence and destruction. I always see her sickness and sores.

Ezekiel 28:16

Your rich commerce led you to violence, and you sinned. So I banished you in disgrace from the mountain of God. I expelled you, O mighty guardian, from your place among the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 8:17

“Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger?

Habakkuk 1:2

How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you do not come to save.

Habakkuk 2:17

You cut down the forests of Lebanon. Now you will be cut down. You destroyed the wild animals, so now their terror will be yours. You committed murder throughout the countryside and filled the towns with violence.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, now all the survivors will plunder you. You committed murder throughout the countryside and filled the towns with violence.

Luke 1:6

Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations.

Romans 2:13

For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.

Romans 3:19

Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.

Deuteronomy 31:29

I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from the way I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will do what is evil in the Lord’s sight, making him very angry with your actions.”

Judges 2:19

But when the judge died, the people returned to their corrupt ways, behaving worse than those who had lived before them. They went after other gods, serving and worshiping them. And they refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.