111 verses contain “corrupt” (in the KJV: 100, in the BSB: 37) — showing 1–100
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The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
And the LORD did so; and there came a
grievous swarm of
flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was
corrupted by reason of the
swarm of
flies.
And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of
flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of
flies.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their
corruption is in them, and
blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are
deformed and
flawed.’”
that you do not act
corruptly and make an
idol for
yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
When thou shalt
beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall
corrupt yourselves, and make a
graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to
provoke him to anger:
After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act
corruptly and make an
idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and
provoking Him to anger—
And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have
corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a
molten image.
And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have
corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a
molten image.”
For I know that after my death ye will utterly
corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will
befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
For I know that after my death you will become utterly
corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come,
disaster will
befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to
provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
They have
corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a
perverse and
crooked generation.
His people have acted
corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a
perverse and
crooked generation.
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and
corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their
stubborn way.
But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more
corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and
stubborn ways.
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of
corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for
Ashtoreth the
abomination of the Zidonians, and for
Chemosh the
abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the
abomination of the children of
Ammon, did the king
defile.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did:
howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet
corruptly.
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still
behaved corruptly.
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
We have
behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
how much less man, who is
vile and
corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
“My spirit is broken; my days are
extinguished; the grave awaits me.
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
The
fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done
abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
The
fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are
corrupt; their acts are
vile. There is no one who does good.
They are all gone aside, they are all together become
filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
For thou
wilt not leave my soul in
hell; neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption.
For You will not
abandon my soul to
Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
My wounds are foul and
festering because of my sinful folly.
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
that he should live on
forever and not see decay.
The
fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Corrupt are they, and have done
abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
The
fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are
corrupt; their ways are
vile. There is no one who does good.
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become
filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
They are
corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak
loftily.
Shall the throne of iniquity have
fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Can a
corrupt throne be Your ally— one
devising mischief by decree?
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
A
corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth
swallows iniquity.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Like a
muddied spring or a
polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man
mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ah sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are
corrupters: they have
forsaken the LORD, they have
provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Alas, O sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a
brood of evildoers, children of
depravity! They have
forsaken the LORD; they have
despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Surely for my own
welfare I had such great
anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of
oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
They are all
grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all
corrupters.
All are
hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are
corrupt.
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou
wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more
depraved than they were.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”
And when her sister
Aholibah saw this, she was more
corrupt in her
inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you
corrupted your wisdom because of your
splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a
spectacle before kings.
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and
corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can
shew me the interpretation thereof.
If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have
conspired to speak before me false and
fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault;
forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or
corruption, because he was
trustworthy, and no
negligence or
corruption was found in him.
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my
comeliness was turned in me into
corruption, and I retained no strength.
So I was left alone,
gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
He will
resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he
corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
With
flattery he will
corrupt those who
violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
They have deeply
corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will
punish their sins.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me
barred me in
forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
I said, Surely thou
wilt fear me, thou
wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off,
howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and
corrupted all their doings.
I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off
despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to
corrupt all their deeds.
But
cursed be the
deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a
corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is
dreadful among the heathen.
“But
cursed is the
deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
Behold, I will
rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to
stumble at the law; ye have
corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to
stumble. You have
violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
For a good tree bringeth not forth
corrupt fruit; neither
doth a
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
Sell that ye have, and give
alms; provide
yourselves bags which wax not old, a
treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no
thief approacheth, neither
moth corrupteth.
Because thou
wilt not leave my soul in
hell, neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption.
because You will not
abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in
hell, neither his flesh did see
corruption.
Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
With many other words he
testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this
corrupt generation.”
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to
corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure
mercies of David.
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
Wherefore he saith also in another
psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption.
So also, He says in another
Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell
asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to
corruptible man, and to birds, and
fourfooted beasts, and
creeping things.
and exchanged the glory of the
immortal God for images of
mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
that the creation itself will be set free from its
bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
And every man that striveth for the
mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a
corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
Be not
deceived: evil communications
corrupt good manners.
Do not be
deceived: “Bad company
corrupts good character.”
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God; neither
doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable
inherit the imperishable.
For this
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
mortal must put on immortality.
For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the
mortal with immortality.
So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory.
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the
mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been
swallowed up in victory.”
For we are not as many, which
corrupt the word of God: but as of
sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
For we are not like so many others, who
peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with
sincerity, as men sent from God.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have
corrupted no man, we have
defrauded no man.
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent
beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be
corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
I am afraid, however, that just as
Eve was
deceived by the serpent’s
cunning, your minds may be led
astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh
reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit
reap life
everlasting.
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will
reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will
reap eternal life.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is
corrupt according to the
deceitful lusts;
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being
corrupted by its
deceitful desires;
Let no
corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of
edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Let no
unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who
listen.
Perverse disputings of men of
corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is
godliness: from such withdraw
thyself.
and constant friction between men of
depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard
godliness as a means of gain.
Now as
Jannes and Jambres
withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of
corrupt minds,
reprobate concerning the faith.
Just as
Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men
oppose the truth. They are
depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
Knowing that he that is such is
subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.
Your riches are
corrupted, and your garments are
motheaten.
Your riches have
rotted and
moths have eaten your clothes.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and
enduring word of God.
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not
corruptible, even the ornament of a
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the
unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through
lust.
Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the
lust of uncleanness, and
despise government.
Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of
dignities.
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who
indulge the
corrupt desires of the flesh and
despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to
slander glorious beings.
But these, as natural
brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own
corruption;
These men are like
irrational animals, creatures of
instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They
blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of
corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in
bondage.
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to
depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
If indeed they have escaped the
corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, only to be
entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as
brute beasts, in those things they
corrupt themselves.
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great
whore, which did
corrupt the earth with her
fornication, and hath
avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great
prostitute who
corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has
avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
How should thy vessel then be able to
comprehend the way of the Highest, and, the world being now outwardly
corrupted to understand the
corruption that is evident in my sight?
As for faith, it shall
flourish,
corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which hath been so long without fruit, shall be declared.
Now therefore why disquietest thou
thyself, seeing thou art but a
corruptible man? and why art thou moved, whereas thou art but
mortal?
And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt
Even so now, seeing corruption is grown up, and wickedness increased, and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly: wherefore shall it not be so now also?
But the day of
doom shall be the end of this time, and the beginning of the immortality for to come, wherein
corruption is past,
O Lord, if thou suffer not thy servant, that we may pray before thee, and thou give us seed unto our heart, and culture to our understanding, that there may come fruit of it; how shall each man live that is corrupt, who beareth the place of a man?
For what is man, that thou shouldest take displeasure at him? or what is a corruptible generation, that thou shouldest be so bitter toward it?
Like as the
husbandman’s seed perisheth, if it come not up, and receive not thy rain in due season; or if there come too much rain, and
corrupt it:
The root of evil is sealed up from you, weakness and the
moth is
hid from you, and
corruption is fled into
hell to be forgotten:
For then every one obeyed: but now the manners of them which are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a perpetual seed, and by a law which is unsearchable rid themselves.