Perverse

The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.

His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

…for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”

“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

…so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world