Gen 6:5, 8:21, Zep 3:6-7, Mat 23:31-32 | ESV | STEP | The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth , and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually .

Genesis 6:5

5 ^aThe Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every ^bintention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

21 And when the Lord smelled ^cthe pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again ^dcurse ^{▼▼Or dishonor} the ground because of man, for ^fthe intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. ^gNeither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

Zephaniah 3:6-7

6 ^h“I have cut off nations;
their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
ⁱso that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
without a man, without an inhabitant.
7 ^jI said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
^kyou will accept correction.
Then your ^{▼▼Hebrew her} dwelling would not be cut off
according to all that I have appointed against you.’ ^{▼▼Hebrew her}
But ⁿall the more they were eager
to make all their deeds corrupt.

Matthew 23:31-32

31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^osons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 ^pFill up, then, the measure of your fathers.