Genesis 6:5
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.
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In Context
6And the LORD repented 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 29:19And it should come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Job 22:15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Psalms 53:2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
Ecclesiastes 7:29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge 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 →