What were people thinking about before the flood according to Genesis 6?
According to Genesis 6:5, before the flood the thoughts and imaginations of the human heart were only evil continually. People thought about wickedness, dishonesty, and crooked schemes, not righteousness. Their minds were consumed with evil, and they were always trying to devise dishonest deals.
Les explains that Genesis 6:5 describes the pre-flood condition: 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. He points out that this was all people could think about—things that were evil, wicked, and dishonest—always trying to cook up a crooked deal. He also notes that up until the Law was given at Mount Sinai, 2,500 years after Adam was created, there was no organized system of worship or written “Thou shalt” and “Thou shalt not,” so sin ran rampant.
And 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.
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How wicked was man before the Law was given, according to Genesis 6:5?
Genesis 6:5 shows what humanity was like before the Law: every imagination of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil continually—all people could think about was evil, wickedness, and dishonesty, always trying to cook up a crooked deal.