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.

וַיַּ֣רְא יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י רַבָּ֛ה רָעַ֥ת הָאָדָ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְכָל־יֵ֙צֶר֙ מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ת לִבֹּ֔ו רַ֥ק רַ֖ע כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃

Genesis 6:5

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Human nature Sin Noah's flood

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Genesis The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 6:5).

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Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.

Immanuel Kant

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Imperfection Human nature

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Immanuel Kant
Source
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1784 1780s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Moses

Exodus 2:22

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Exile
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Moses
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Exodus The Bible
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Scripture
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Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 2:22).

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He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:22

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Marriage
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Proverbs The Bible
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Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Proverbs 18:22).