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Genesis 6:5 (KJV)

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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Genesis 8:21 - And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Genesis 13:13 - But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Genesis 18:20 - And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Deuteronomy 29:19 - And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Job 15:16 - How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Job 22:15 - Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Psalms 14:1 - To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
Psalms 53:2 - God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.
Proverbs 6:18 - An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 - This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
Jeremiah 4:14 - O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Ezekiel 8:9 - And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
Ezekiel 8:12 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Matthew 15:19 - ‹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:›
Mark 7:21 - ‹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,›
Romans 1:28 - And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Romans 3:9 - What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
Ephesians 2:1 - And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Titus 3:3 - For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.

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