Bible Dictionary: Perversity

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Wickedness; caprice; deliberate deviation from what is good; the quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.

Topical Bible Verses

Proverbs 19:1, 17:20
Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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Psalm 110:4
The LORD has sworn, and will not repent, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Strong's Hebrew

2017. hophek -- perversity, turning of things upside down
... 2016, 2017. hophek. 2018 . perversity, turning of things upside down.
Transliteration: hophek Phonetic Spelling: (ho'-fek) Short Definition: perversity. ...
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8419. tahpukah -- perversity, perverse thing
... 8418, 8419. tahpukah. 8420 . perversity, perverse thing. Transliteration: tahpukah
Phonetic Spelling: (tah-poo-kaw') Short Definition: things. ...
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2016. hephek -- the contrary, contrariness, perversity
... 2015, 2016. hephek. 2017 . the contrary, contrariness, perversity. Transliteration:
hephek Phonetic Spelling: (heh'-fek) Short Definition: different. ...
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6143. iqqeshuth -- crookedness
... Word Origin from aqash Definition crookedness NASB Word Usage deceitful (1), perverse
(1). froward. From iqqesh; perversity -- X froward. see HEBREW iqqesh. ...
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5773. ivim -- distorting, warping
... Word Origin from avah Definition distorting, warping NASB Word Usage distortion
(1). perverse. From avah; perversity -- X perverse. see HEBREW avah. ...
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5771. avon -- iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity
... Or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5; Psalm 51:7) {aw-vone'}; from avah; perversity,
ie (moral) evil -- fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin. ...
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Library

Perversity of Theophilus. St. Epiphanius: his Residence at ...
... Book VIII. Chapter XIV."Perversity of Theophilus. St. Epiphanius: his Residence
at Constantinople and Preparation to excite the People against John. ...
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Since Then, in Reference to Our Hope of the Resurrection, Christ ...
... above? And is it not evident that men are moved to accuse others not by
difference of belief, but by perversity of disposition? ...
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If, Again, it is Certain that we are the Most Wicked of Men...
... So that with all the greater perversity you act, when, holding our crimes proved
by our confession of the name of Christ, you drive us by torture to fall from ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter ii if again it.htm

He Restoreth My Soul.
... due is partly the result of our fallen nature; partly, therefore, in a way, excusable;
but more frequently and chiefly from our own perversity"from wilful ...
/.../callan/the shepherd of my soul/v he restoreth my soul.htm

Conclusion.
... Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself
a peculiar people zealous of good works" (Titus 2:14), the perversity of man ...
/.../burbidge/the kingdom of heaven what is it/chapter xi conclusion.htm

Limiting God
... Man, to prove constantly his perversity, will put the second table before the
first, nay, upon the first, so as to cover and conceal it. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/limiting god.htm

On Reconciling Religious Dissensions among Christians
... of God has at all times contended with his Just Severity, and what a conflict the
Goodness of The Deity has always maintained with the Perversity of men. ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 1/oration v on reconciling religious.htm

Book ix. Epistle i. To Januarius, Bishop of Caralis (Cagliari).
... We had, however, been in doubt as to so great perversity in thee as this; but our
son Cyriacus the abbot [1] , having been questioned by us, declared that when ...
/.../gregory/the epistles of saint gregory the great/book ix epistle i to.htm

Whether There Can be Falsehood in the Intellect of an Angel?
... Objection 1: It would seem that there can be falsehood in the angel's intellect.
For perversity appertains to falsehood. But, as Dionysius says (Div. Nom. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there can be falsehood.htm

Whether it is Necessary for Perjury that the Statement Confirmed ...
... Hence falsehood directly annuls the end of an oath: and for this reason, that
perversity in swearing, which is called perjury, takes its species chiefly from ...
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Thesaurus

Perversity (23 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Perversity (23 Occurrences). ... Leviticus 19:35 Ye do not
do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure; (YLT). ...
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Tolerate (8 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Habakkuk 1:3 Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For
destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. ...
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Trusts (35 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 33:13 In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And -- he hath trusted
on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts ...
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Pervert (18 Occurrences)

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Dying (57 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 18:26 In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he
hath done perversity, And he is dying by them, for his perversity That he ...
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Trusted (82 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 33:13 In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And -- he hath trusted
on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts ...
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Liquid (15 Occurrences)
... evening. (BBE). Leviticus 19:35 Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in
mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure; (YLT). 1 Kings ...
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Frowardness (4 Occurrences)
... fro'-werd-nes: The translation of tahpukhoth the plural of tahpukhah, perversity,
foolishness (from haphakh, to turn about) in Proverbs 2:14, delight in the ...
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Fault (42 Occurrences)
... error," "failure," "sin" (Exodus 5:16); of cheT', same meaning (Genesis 41:9, "I
do remember my faults this day"); of `awon, "perversity," "iniquity" (2 Samuel ...
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Treachery (18 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 18:24 And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And
he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked ...
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Bible Concordance

Perversity (23 Occurrences)

Leviticus 19:15 Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
(YLT)

Leviticus 19:35 Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;
(YLT)

Job 36:33 He sheweth by it 'to' his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
(YLT)

Psalms 107:42 The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.
(YLT)

Proverbs 2:14 Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
(See NAS)

Proverbs 6:14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 16:30 He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 29:16 Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 2:5 Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,
(YLT)

Ezekiel 3:20 And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 18:8 In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 18:24 And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth -- thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 18:26 In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, And he is dying by them, for his perversity That he hath done he dieth.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 28:15 Perfect 'art' thou in thy ways, From the day of thy being produced, Till perversity hath been found in thee.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 28:18 From the abundance of thy iniquity, By the perversity of thy traffic, Thou hast polluted thy sanctuaries, And I bring forth fire from thy midst, It hath devoured thee, And I make thee become ashes on the earth, Before the eyes of all beholding thee.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 33:13 In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And -- he hath trusted on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts are not remembered, And for his perversity that he hath done, For it he doth die.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 33:15 (The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth -- he doth not die.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 33:18 In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.
(YLT)

Daniel 4:27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.
(YLT)

Hosea 10:13 Ye have ploughed wickedness, Perversity ye have reaped, Ye have eaten the fruit of lying, For thou hast trusted in thy way, In the abundance of thy might.
(YLT)

Habakkuk 1:3 Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
(WEB YLT)

Habakkuk 1:13 You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
(WEB)

Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Perversity

Related Terms

Tolerate (8 Occurrences)

Trusts (35 Occurrences)

Pervert (18 Occurrences)

Dying (57 Occurrences)

Trusted (82 Occurrences)

Liquid (15 Occurrences)

Frowardness (4 Occurrences)

Fault (42 Occurrences)

Treachery (18 Occurrences)