Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.

When the LORD saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,

The odor of the sacrifice pleased the LORD, and he said to himself, "Never again will I put the earth under a curse because of what people do; I know that from the time they are young their thoughts are evil. Never again will I destroy all living beings, as I have done this time.

And we drink evil as if it were water; yes, we are corrupt; we are worthless.

I have been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.

"Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

For from your heart come the evil ideas which lead you to kill, commit adultery, and do other immoral things; to rob, lie, and slander others.

These are the things that make you unclean. But to eat without washing your hands as they say you should---this doesn't make you unclean."

For from the inside, from your heart, come the evil ideas which lead you to do immoral things, to rob, kill,

all these evil things come from inside you and make you unclean."

They are filled with all kinds of wickedness, evil, greed, and vice; they are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deceit, and malice. They gossip

they have no conscience; they do not keep their promises, and they show no kindness or pity for others.

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.

I was determined to learn the difference between knowledge and foolishness, wisdom and madness. But I found out that I might as well be chasing the wind.

But I devoted myself to knowledge and study; I was determined to find wisdom and the answers to my questions, and to learn how wicked and foolish stupidity is.

They were filled with rage and began to discuss among themselves what they could do to Jesus.

At last he came to his senses and said, 'All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!

Many times I had them punished in the synagogues and tried to make them deny their faith. I was so furious with them that I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

As Paul defended himself in this way, Festus shouted at him, "You are mad, Paul! Your great learning is driving you mad!"

and was rebuked for his sin. His donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's insane action.

Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.

Wicked people bring about their own downfall by their evil deeds, but good people are protected by their integrity.

At once the angel of the Lord struck Herod down, because he did not give honor to God. He was eaten by worms and died.