Genesis 6:13
And Elohim said unto Noach, The ketz (end) of kol basar is come before Me; for ha'aretz is filled with chamas because of them; and, hineni, I will destroy them with ha'aretz.
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Genesis 6:11Ha'aretz also was corrupt before HaElohim, and ha'aretz was filled with chamas.
Genesis 49:5Shim'on and Levi are achim; 1 kelei chamas (instruments of violence) are in their swords. 1
Jeremiah 51:13O thou that dwellest upon mayim rabbim, 1 abundant in otzarot, 1 thine end is come, 1 and the cubit of thy being cut off. 1
Hosea 4:1Hear the Devar Hashem, ye Bnei Yisroel: 1 for Hashem hath a controversy with the yoshvei ha'aretz, 1 because there is no emes, nor chesed, 1 nor da'as Elohim in ha'aretz. + 4:1 See 11:7-9; 1K 1:18-19 1
Hebrews 11:7By Emunah Noach, having been warned about the things not yet visible to the eye of flesh, and being an ish of yirat Shomayim, built the Teva (Ark) for the Geulah of the Beis HaNoach. By his Emunah he condemned the Olam Hazeh and he became the yoresh (heir) of the Tzedek Hashem that is credited to Emunah. + 11:7 Gn 15:6; Hab 2:4
2 Peter 3:6Through this very mayim, the tevel (world) of that time perished in the mabbul (flood).
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 →