Genesis 6:11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Cross-reference
In Genesis 6:13, God directly responds to the corruption and violence stated here, declaring His intent to destroy the earth because of it.
In Genesis 7:1, God calls Noah into the ark as His direct response to the earth's corruption and violence described here.
Genesis 13:13 describes Sodom's inhabitants as wicked sinners 'before the LORD' — echoing this pre-flood corruption in a post-flood setting.
Romans 3:19 declares all the world guilty before God — a theological principle of which the pre-flood corruption is a prime example.
Habakkuk 1:2 cries out about violence and injustice, echoing the prophet’s plea in a world like the pre-flood one.
Hosea 4:2 specifies cursing, lying, murder, and theft—the specific fruits of the violence and corruption seen here.
Jeremiah 6:7 describes Jerusalem’s sin as violence and corruption, echoing the pre-flood moral collapse.
Isaiah 60:18 promises a future city where violence is gone—a direct contrast to the earth filled with violence here.
In Psalm 140:11, the psalmist calls for God to judge violent, evil men—reflecting the same corruption and violence that filled the earth here.
Psalm 11:5 says God 'hateth him that loveth violence' — directly expressing the divine response to the earth filled with violence here.
In Ecclesiastes 7:29, God made man upright but they sought devices — echoing the corruption and violence that filled the earth here.
In Isaiah 24:5, the earth is 'defiled' under its inhabitants for violating laws, echoing the corruption from human actions.
In Deuteronomy 9:12, God again says the people have 'corrupted themselves' — the same Hebrew root used for the pre-flood earth here.
In Exodus 32:7, God uses the same language of corruption to describe Israel's idolatry with the golden calf, mirroring the pre-flood state.
Psalm 55:9 cries out against 'violence and strife in the city' — echoing the same societal breakdown described on a global scale here.
In Psalm 53:1, the fool's corruption parallels the earth's corruption here — both describe comprehensive moral decay before God.
In Psalm 14:1, the fool's corrupt deeds parallel the universal corruption here — both describe a world where God's ways are abandoned.
In Ezekiel 18:7, not oppressing others is a key righteous act, contrasting the violence that corrupted the world.
Ezekiel 28:16 describes Tyre’s corruption through widespread violence, a similar pattern of moral decay.
Josiah's tender heart before God in 2 Chronicles 34:27 stands in sharp contrast: where the pre-flood world was corrupt, Josiah humbles himself before God.