Deuteronomy 32:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

yet his degenerate children have dealt falsely with him, a perverse and crooked generation.

Cross References

Genesis 6:12

And God saw that the earth was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth.

Psalm 78:8

and that they should not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Exodus 32:7

The Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely;

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.

Isaiah 1:4

Woe, sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, offspring who do evil, children who act corruptly, who have forsaken the Lord, who have despised the Holy One of Israel, [[who are utterly estranged!]]

Isaiah 63:8

For he said, “Surely they are my people, children who will not act deceitfully,” and he became their savior

Hosea 9:9

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.

Zephaniah 3:7

I said, “Surely the city will fear me; it will accept correction; it will not lose sight of all that I have brought upon it.” But they were the more eager to make all their deeds corrupt.

Numbers 23:21

He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, acclaimed as a king among them.

Matthew 16:4

An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 9:41

Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

John 8:41

You are indeed doing what your father does.” They said to him, “We are not illegitimate children; we have one Father, God himself.”

Acts 2:40

And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”

Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

Deuteronomy 31:29

For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly, turning aside from the way that I have commanded you. In time to come trouble will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”

Deuteronomy 32:20

He said, ‘I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom there is no faithfulness.

Deuteronomy 4:16

so that you do not act corruptly by making an idol for yourselves in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female,

Deuteronomy 4:25

“When you have had children and children’s children and become complacent in the land, if you act corruptly by making an idol in the form of anything, thus doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God and provoking him to anger,

Deuteronomy 9:24

You have been rebellious against the Lord as long as he has known you.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world,

Judges 2:19

But whenever the judge died, they would relapse and behave worse than their ancestors, following other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They would not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.