Genesis 6:5

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Cross References (20)

  • Matthew 15:19 (48)

    For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

  • Romans 1:28–31 (36)

    Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to

  • Mark 7:21–23 (34)

    For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

  • Jeremiah 4:14 (29)

    Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within yo

  • Jeremiah 17:9 (26)

    The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

  • Ephesians 2:1–3 (25)

    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

  • Ecclesiastes 9:3 (23)

    This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men

  • Ecclesiastes 7:29 (21)

    Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

  • Genesis 8:21 (20)

    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, eve

  • Psalms 53:2 (16)

    God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

  • Titus 3:3 (15)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • Psalms 14:1–4 (14)

    For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. The

  • Romans 3:9–19 (13)

    What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under s

  • Genesis 18:20–21 (12)

    Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

  • Genesis 13:13 (12)

    But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

  • Ezekiel 8:9 (12)

    Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”

  • Ezekiel 8:12 (11)

    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the s

  • Proverbs 6:18 (10)

    a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

  • Deuteronomy 29:19 (9)

    because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, e

  • Job 15:16 (7)

    how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?