Genesis 6:12
God recognized that the corruption in the world was due to everyone on earth living corrupt lives.
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11God saw how corrupt the whole world had become, full of violent and lawless people.
Cross References
Genesis 6:4There were giants on earth in those days, and also later on. They were born after the sons of God slept with the daughters of these people. Their sons became the great warriors and famous men of ancient times.
Genesis 7:1The Lord told Noah, “Go into the ark with all your family. I have seen how you are a man of integrity, living a moral life among the people of this generation.
Genesis 9:12Then God said, “I'm going to give you a sign to confirm the agreement I'm making between me and you and all living creatures, an agreement that will last for all generations.
Genesis 18:20Then the Lord said, “There are many complaints made against Sodom and Gomorrah because they sin so blatantly.
Job 22:15Why do you insist on following the traditional thinking of the wicked?
Psalms 14:1Only fools tell themselves, “God doesn't exist.” They are completely immoral; they commit terrible sins; not a single one of them does anything good.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:12-13
Depravity of the World. ( b. c. 2448.) 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah's piety—he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of God's resolution to destroy the world, which he was now about to communicate to his servant Noah. 1.… Read the whole commentary →