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In the eyes of God the earth was corrupt and
full of lawlessness. When God saw how corrupt the earth had
become, since all mortals led depraved lives on earth, he said to
Noah: "I have decided to put an end to all mortals on earth;
the earth is full of lawlessness because of them. So I will
destroy them and all life on earth." [Taken from GEN 6:11-13]
"You shall not degrade your daughter by
making a prostitute of her; else the land will become corrupt and
full of lewdness." [LEV 19:29]
When Moses had finished writing out on a scroll
the words of the law in their entirety, he gave the Levites who
carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD this order: "Take
this scroll of the law and put it beside the ark of the covenant
of the LORD, your God, that there it may be a witness against you.
For I already know how rebellious and stiff-necked you will be.
Why, even now, while I am alive among you, you have been rebels
against the LORD! How much more, then, after I am dead! Therefore,
assemble all your tribal elders and your officials before me, that
I may speak these words for them to hear, and so may call heaven
and earth to witness against them. For I know that after my death
you are sure to become corrupt and to turn aside from the way
along which I directed you, so that evil will befall you in some
future age because you have done evil in the LORD'S sight, and
provoked him by your deeds." [DEUT 31:24-29]
While they were enjoying themselves, the men of
the city, who were corrupt, surrounded the house and beat on the
door. They said to the old man whose house it was, "Bring out
your guest, that we may abuse him." [JUDG 19:22]
When, therefore, all the men of Israel without
exception were leagued together against the city, the tribes of
Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin to say,
"What is this evil which has occurred among you? Now give up
these corrupt men of Gibeah, that we may put them to death and
thus purge the evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites
refused to accede to the demand of their brothers, the Israelites.
Instead, the Benjaminites assembled from their other cities to
Gibeah, to do battle with the Israelites. [JUDG 20:11-14]
Do not fear the words of a sinful man, for his
glory ends in corruption and worms. [1MACC 2:62]
But Seleucus died, and when Antiochus surnamed
Epiphanes succeeded him on the throne, Onias' brother Jason
obtained the high priesthood by corrupt means: in an interview, he
promised the king three hundred and sixty talents of silver, as
well as eighty talents from another source of income. Besides this
he agreed to pay a hundred and fifty more, if he were given
authority to establish a gymnasium and a youth club for it and to
enroll men in Jerusalem as Antiochians. [Taken from 2MACC
4:7-9]
Thus he who previously, in his superhuman
presumption, thought he could command the waves of the sea, and
imagined he could weigh the mountaintops in his scales, was now
thrown to the ground and had to be carried on a litter, clearly
manifesting to all the power of God. The body of this impious man
swarmed with worms, and while he was still alive in hideous
torments, his flesh rotted off, so that the entire army was
sickened by the stench of his corruption. Shortly before, he had
thought that he could reach the stars of heaven, and now, no one
could endure to transport the man because of this intolerable
stench. At last, broken in spirit, he began to give up his
excessive arrogance, and to gain some understanding, under the
scourge of God, for he was racked with pain unceasingly. When he
could no longer bear his own stench, he said, "It is right to
be subject to God, and not to think one's mortal self
divine." [2MACC 9:8-12]
What is a man that he should be blameless, one
born of woman that he should be righteous? If in his holy ones God
places no confidence, and if the heavens are not clean in his
sight, How much less so is the abominable, the corrupt: man, who
drinks in iniquity like water! [JOB 15:14-16]
If I look for the nether world as my dwelling,
if I spread my couch in the darkness, If I must call corruption
"my father," and the maggot "my mother" and
"my sister," Where then is my hope, and my prosperity, who shall see?
[JOB 17:13-15]
For there is no sincerity in their mouths; their
hearts are corrupt. Their throats are open graves; on their
tongues are subtle lies. Declare them guilty, God; make them fall
by their own devices. Drive them out for their many sins; they have rebelled against you.
[PS 5:10-11]
Fools say in their hearts, "There is no
God." Their deeds are loathsome and corrupt; not one does
what is right. The LORD looks down from heaven upon the human
race, To see if even one is wise, if even one seeks God. All have
gone astray; all alike are perverse. Not one does what is right,
not even one. Will these evildoers never learn? They devour my
people as they devour bread; they do not call upon the LORD. They
have good reason, then, to fear; God is with the company of the
just. They would crush the hopes of the poor, but the poor have
the LORD as their refuge. [PS 14:1-6]
Fools say in their hearts, "There is no
God." Their deeds are loathsome and corrupt; not one does
what is right. God looks down from heaven upon the human race, To
see if even one is wise, if even one seeks God. All have gone
astray; all alike are perverse. Not one does what is right, not
even one. Will these evildoers never learn? They devour my people
as they devour bread; they do not call upon God. They have good
reason to fear, though now they do not fear. For God will
certainly scatter the bones of the godless. They will surely be
put to shame, for God has rejected them. [PS 53:2-6]
The wicked have been corrupt since birth; liars
from the womb, they have gone astray. Their poison is like the
poison of a snake, like that of a serpent stopping its ears, So as
not to hear the voice of the charmer who casts such cunning
spells. [PS 58:4-6]
For oppression can make a fool of a wise man,
and a bribe corrupts the heart. [ECCL 7:7]
For what man knows God's counsel, or who can
conceive what our LORD intends? For the deliberations of mortals
are timid, and unsure are our plans. For the corruptible body
burdens the soul and the earthen shelter weighs down the mind that
has many concerns. And scarce do we guess the things on earth, and
what is within our grasp we find with difficulty; but when things
are in heaven, who can search them out? [WISDOM 9:13-16]
The handmade idol is accursed, and its maker
as well: he for having produced it, and it, because though
corruptible, it was termed a god. Equally odious to God are the evildoer and his
evil deed; and the thing made shall be punished with its
contriver. Therefore upon even the idols of the nations shall a
visitation come, since they have become abominable amid God's
works, Snares for the souls of men and a trap for the feet of the
senseless. For the source of wantoness is the devising of idols;
and their invention was a corruption of life. For in the beginning
they were not, nor shall they continue forever; for by the vanity
of men they came into the world, and therefore a sudden end is
devised for them. [Taken from WISDOM 14:8-14]
They no longer safeguard either lives or pure
wedlock; but each either waylays and kills his neighbor, or
aggrieves him by adultery. And all is confusion-blood and murder,
theft and guile, corruption, faithlessness, turmoil, perjury,
Disturbance of good men, neglect of gratitude, besmirching of
souls, unnatural lust, disorder in marriage, adultery and
shamelessness. For the worship of infamous idols is the reason and
source and extremity of all evil. [Taken from WISDOM 14:24-27]
Why are dust and ashes proud? even during life
man's body decays; A slight illness - the doctor jests, a king
today - tomorrow he is dead. When a man dies, he inherits
corruption; worms and gnats and maggots. The beginning of pride is
man's stubbornness in withdrawing his heart from his Maker; For
pride is the reservoir of sin, a source which runs over with vice;
Because of it God sends unheard-of afflictions and brings men to utter ruin.
[SIRACH 10:9-13]
Ah! sinful nation, people laden with wickedness,
evil race, corrupt children! They have forsaken the LORD, spurned
the Holy One of Israel, apostatized. Where would you yet be
struck, you that rebel again and again? The whole head is sick,
the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot to the head there
is no sound spot: Wound and welt and gaping gash, not drained, or
bandaged, or eased with salve. [ISA 1:4-6]
"All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each
in his own tomb; But you are cast forth without burial, loathsome
and corrupt, Clothed as those slain at sword-point, a trampled
corpse. Going down to the pavement of the pit, you will never be
one with them in the grave." For you have ruined your land,
you have slain your people! Let him not be named forever, that
scion of an evil race! [ISA 14:18-20]
Arch-rebels are they all, dealers in slander,
all of them corrupt. [JER 6:28]
Concerning Edom, thus says the LORD of hosts: Is
there no more wisdom in Teman, has counsel perished from the
prudent, has their wisdom become corrupt? Flee, retreat, hide in
deep holes, you who live in Dedan: For I will bring destruction
upon Esau when I come to punish him. If vintagers came upon you,
they would leave no gleanings; If thieves by night, they would
destroy as they pleased. So I myself will strip Esau; I will
uncover his retreats so that he cannot hide. He is ruined: sons,
and brothers, and neighbors, so that he is no more. [JER 49:7-10]
Your elder sister was Samaria with her
daughters, living to the north of you; and your younger sister,
living to the south of you, was Sodom with her daughters. Yet not
only in their ways did you walk, and act as abominably as they
did; in a very short time you became more corrupt in all your ways
than they. As I live, says the Lord GOD, I swear that your sister
Sodom, with her daughters, has not done as you and your daughters
have done! [Taken from EZEK 16:46-48]
As a pleasing odor I will accept you, when I
have brought you from among the nations and gathered you out of
the countries over which you were scattered; and by means of you I
will manifest my holiness in the sight of the nations. Thus you
shall know that I am the LORD, when I bring you back to the land
of Israel, the land which I swore to give to your fathers. There
you shall recall your conduct and all the deeds by which you
defiled yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves because of all
the evil things you did. And you shall know that I am the LORD
when I deal with you thus, for my name's sake, and not according
to your evil conduct and corrupt actions, O house of Israel, says
the Lord GOD. [EZEK 20:41-44]
They have sunk to the depths of corruption, as
in the days of Gibeah; He shall remember their iniquity and punish
their sins. [HOSEA 9:9]
I have destroyed nations, their battlements are
laid waste; I have made their streets deserted, with no one
passing through; Their cities are devastated, with no man dwelling
in them. I said, "Surely now you will fear me, you will
accept correction"; She should not fail to see all I have
visited upon her. Yet all the more eagerly have they done all
their corrupt deeds. [Taken from ZEPH 3:6-7]
"You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus
the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds,
wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as
you yourselves know. This man, delivered up by the set plan and
foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify
him. But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of
death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it. For
David says of him: 'I saw the Lord ever before me, with him at my
right hand I shall not be disturbed. Therefore my heart has been
glad and my tongue has exulted; my flesh, too, will dwell in hope,
because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will
you suffer your holy one to see corruption. You have made known to
me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.'
My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the patriarch
David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in our midst to
this day. But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn
an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his
throne, he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah,
that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld nor did his flesh
see corruption. God raised this Jesus; of this we are all
witnesses. Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the
promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father and poured it forth, as
you (both) see and hear. For David did not go up into heaven, but
he himself said: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right
hand until I make your enemies your footstool."' Therefore
let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made
him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified."
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they
asked Peter and the other apostles, "What are we to do, my
brothers?" Peter (said) to them, "Repent and be
baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children
and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will
call." He testified with many other arguments, and was
exhorting them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt
generation." Those who accepted his message were baptized,
and about three thousand persons were added that day. [ACTS
2:22-41]
"My brothers, children of the family of
Abraham, and those others among you who are God-fearing, to us
this word of salvation has been sent. The inhabitants of Jerusalem
and their leaders failed to recognize him, and by condemning him
they fulfilled the oracles of the prophets that are read sabbath
after sabbath. For even though they found no grounds for a death
sentence, they asked Pilate to have him put to death, and when
they had accomplished all that was written about him, they took
him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb. But God raised
him from the dead, and for many days he appeared to those who had
come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are (now) his
witnesses before the people. We ourselves are proclaiming this
good news to you that what God promised our ancestors he has
brought to fulfillment for us, (their) children, by raising up
Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, 'You are my son; this
day I have begotten you.' And that he raised him from the dead
never to return to corruption he declared in this way, 'I shall
give you the benefits assured to David.' That is why he also says
in another psalm, 'You will not suffer your holy one to see
corruption.' Now David, after he had served the will of God in his
lifetime, fell asleep, was gathered to his ancestors, and did see
corruption. But the one whom God raised up did not see corruption.
You must know, my brothers, that through him forgiveness of sins
is being proclaimed to you, (and) in regard to everything from
which you could not be justified under the law of Moses, in him
every believer is justified. Be careful, then, that what was said
in the prophets not come about: 'Look on, you scoffers, be amazed
and disappear. For I am doing a work in your days, a work that you
will never believe even if someone tells you.'" [ACTS
13:26-41]
I consider that the sufferings of this present
time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us.
For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the
children of God; for creation was made subject to futility, not of
its own accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope
that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption
and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know
that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; and
not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption,
the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope
that sees for itself is not hope. For who hopes for what one sees?
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait with endurance. In
the same way, the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for
we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself
intercedes with inexpressible groanings. And the one who searches
hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because it
intercedes for the holy ones according to God's will. [ROM 8:18-27]
Do not be led astray: "Bad company corrupts
good morals." [1COR 15:33]
You fool! What you sow is not brought to life
unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be but
a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind; but God
gives it a body as he chooses, and to each of the seeds its own
body. Not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for human
beings, another kind of flesh for animals, another kind of flesh
for birds, and another for fish. There are both heavenly bodies
and earthly bodies, but the brightness of the heavenly is one kind
and that of the earthly another. The brightness of the sun is one
kind, the brightness of the moon another, and the brightness of
the stars another. For star differs from star in brightness. So
also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruptible; it
is raised incorruptible. It is sown dishonorable; it is raised
glorious. It is sown weak; it is raised powerful. It is sown a
natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural
body, there is also a spiritual one. So, too, it is written,
"The first man, Adam, became a living being," the last
Adam a life-giving spirit. But the spiritual was not first; rather
the natural and then the spiritual. The first man was from the
earth, earthly; the second man, from heaven. As was the earthly
one, so also are the earthly, and as is the heavenly one, so also
are the heavenly. Just as we have borne the image of the earthly
one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one. [1COR 15:36-49]
This I declare, brothers: flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit
incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall
asleep, but we will all be changed, in an instant, in the blink of
an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead
will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For that
which is corruptible must clothe itself with incorruptibility, and
that which is mortal must clothe itself with immortality. And when
this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and
this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the
word that is written shall come about: "Death is swallowed up
in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is
your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin
is the law. But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm,
steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing
that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. [1COR 15:50-58]
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived
Eve by his cunning, your thoughts may be corrupted from a sincere
(and pure) commitment to Christ. For if someone comes and preaches
another Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a
different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel
from the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough. [2COR
11:3-4]
Make no mistake: God is not mocked, for a person
will reap only what he sows, because the one who sows for his
flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows
for the spirit will reap eternal life from the spirit. [GAL 6:7-8]
So I declare and testify in the Lord that you
must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their
minds; darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God
because of their ignorance, because of their hardness of heart,
they have become callous and have handed themselves over to
licentiousness for the practice of every kind of impurity to
excess. That is not how you learned Christ, assuming that you have
heard of him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus, that
you should put away the old self of your former way of life,
corrupted through deceitful desires, and be renewed in the spirit
of your minds, and put on the new self, created in God's way in
righteousness and holiness of truth. [EPH 4:17-24]
Whoever teaches something different and does not
agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the
religious teaching is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a
morbid disposition for arguments and verbal disputes. From these
come envy, rivalry, insults, evil suspicions, and mutual friction
among people with corrupted minds, who are deprived of the truth,
supposing religion to be a means of gain. Indeed, religion with
contentment is a great gain. For we brought nothing into the
world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it. If
we have food and clothing, we shall be content with that. Those
who want to be rich are falling into temptation and into a trap
and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge them into
ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all
evils, and some people in their desire for it have strayed from
the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. [1TM 6:3-10]
His divine power has bestowed on us everything
that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who
called us by his own glory and power. Through these, he has
bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that
through them you may come to share in the divine nature, after
escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil
desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your
faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with
self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with
devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with
love. If these are yours and increase in abundance, they will keep
you from being idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Anyone who lacks them is blind and shortsighted,
forgetful of the cleansing of his past sins. Therefore, brothers,
be all the more eager to make your call and election firm, for, in
doing so, you will never stumble. For, in this way, entry into the
eternal kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ will be richly
provided for you. [2PT 1:3-11]
Their eyes are full of adultery and insatiable
for sin. They seduce unstable people, and their hearts are trained
in greed. Accursed children! Abandoning the straight road, they
have gone astray, following the road of Balaam, the son of Bosor,
who loved payment for wrongdoing, but he received a rebuke for his
own crime: a mute beast spoke with a human voice and restrained
the prophet's madness. These people are waterless springs and
mists driven by a gale; for them the gloom of darkness has been
reserved. For, talking empty bombast, they seduce with licentious
desires of the flesh those who have barely escaped from people who
live in error. They promise them freedom, though they themselves
are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave of whatever
overcomes him. For if they, having escaped the defilements of the
world through the knowledge of (our) Lord and savior Jesus Christ,
again become entangled and overcome by them, their last condition
is worse than their first. For it would have been better for them
not to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it
to turn back from the holy commandment handed down to them. What
is expressed in the true proverb has happened to them, "The
dog returns to its own vomit," and "A bathed sow returns
to wallowing in the mire." [Taken from 2PT 2:14-22]
After this I heard what sounded like the loud
voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying: "Alleluia!
Salvation, glory, and might belong to our God, for true and just
are his judgments. He has condemned the great harlot who corrupted
the earth with her harlotry. He has avenged on her the blood of
his servants." They said a second time: "Alleluia! Smoke
will rise from her forever and ever." The twenty-four elders
and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat
on the throne, saying, "Amen. Alleluia." [RV 19:1-4]
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