Genesis 6:5
And the Lord God having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,
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In Context
6then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered it deeply.
Cross References
Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.
Deuteronomy 29:19And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:
Job 22:15Wilt thou not mark the old way, 1 Which righteous men have trodden? 1
Psalms 53:2when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Lo, is not David hidden with us? 1
Ecclesiastes 7:29But, behold, this have I found, 1 That God made man upright; 1 But they have sought out many devices. 1 Who knows the wise? 1 And who knows the interpretation of a saying?
Jeremiah 4:14Cleanse thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayest be saved: how long will thy grievous thoughts be 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 →