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.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
Cross References
Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
Job 22:15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
Psalms 53:2God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Ecclesiastes 7:29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
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 →