Genesis 6:5
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
6And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Cross References
Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
Deuteronomy 29:19(29:18) And it might come to pass, when he heareth the words of this denunciation, that he would bless himself in his heart, saying, There will be peace unto me, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart; in order that the indulgence of the passions may appease the thirst [for them]:
Job 22:15Wilt thou [thus] observe the path of ancient times which the men of injustice have trodden?
Psalms 53:2(53:3) God looketh down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be one intelligent, one who seeketh for God.
Ecclesiastes 7:29Lo, this only did I find, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought for many [sinful] devices.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash from wrong doing thy heart, O Jerusalem, in order that thou mayest be saved. How long wilt thou let lodge within thee the thoughts of thy wickedness?
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 →