Genesis 6:12
God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
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11The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Cross References
Genesis 6:4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 7:1The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
Genesis 9:12God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Genesis 18:20The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
Job 22:15Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
Psalms 14:1The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does 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 →