Genesis 6:5
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
Cross References
Genesis 13:13And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 29:19and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.
Job 22:15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
Psalms 53:2God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
Ecclesiastes 7:29Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:5-6
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. We have here a further account of the corruption of the old world. When the sons of God had matched with the daughters of men, though it was very… Read the whole commentary →