...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 . . . The earth was corrupt before God and was filled with violence . . . And the Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the...

...In it we read that God looked down from heaven, and saw that the wickedness of man was great, — " the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence." God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of his heart...

...fervent heat ? " 2 Peter, iii. 11, 12. The world is becoming as it was in the days of Noah, when " the earth was corrupt before God," and " the earth was filled with violence," and " God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts...

...false persuasions took possession of their minds, and became the sole influence in their conduct. " The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon...

...hindrances to the increase of mankind are vice and ferocity : both of which were rampant in the old world. " The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence." The blessing of the Almighty, " increase and multiply," was forfeited by sin. " I think it reasonable...

...destroyed, pursued, and repulsed each other almost to extirpation. In the phraseology of the bible, "The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence." These wandering packs of savages, who were the sole human occupants of a world's wide wilderness, possessed...

...are the two standing forms of human iniquity. Before the flood even such was the condition of men : " The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence." Here then in verse 21 we have the light of the kingdom cast on the command, " Thou shalt not kill :...

...produce nothing but universal confusion. It would send us back to the days before the flood, when " the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence." Mr. Maurice was quite safe in promptly rejecting it ; — in fact, its self-evident absurdity had strangled...

...arrived at his height of corruption, is not so evident from Scripture : but there are two passages, J ' the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence ;' which seem to point out some particular vices : for by ' violence ' is plainly meant cruelty, and...

...violence characterize those who are under his sway. In Eve we find corruption ; in Cain violence. Here " the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence (verse 11). Therefore God says, "I will destroy man." Dear reader, are you aware that another judgment...