Genesis 6:5
And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,
Cross References
Genesis 13:13And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.
Deuteronomy 29:19And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty,
Job 22:15Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden?
Psalms 53:2They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that doth good.
Ecclesiastes 7:29Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in 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 →