The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
Psalm 10:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wicked one in the pride of his countenance will not seek, inquire for, and yearn for God; all his thoughts are that there is no God [so He never punishes]. American Standard Version (1901) The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God. Common English Bible At the peak of their wrath, the wicked don’t seek God: There’s no God— that’s what they are always thinking. Catholic Public Domain Version For they have destroyed the things that you have completed. But what has the just one done? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done? |
The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
Whoever slanders their neighbour in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.
I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no-one who does good.
Pharaoh said, ‘Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.’
Haughty eyes and a proud heart – the unploughed field of the wicked – produce sin.
those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonour the name of my God.
When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.
All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations –
‘You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord: ‘Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?
Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbour wicked thoughts?
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left on its dregs, who think, “The Lord will do nothing, either good or bad.”
Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger.
For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come – sexual immorality, theft, murder,
Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Furthermore, just as they did not think it worth while to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.