Genesis 6:5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.
There are 2 parts to verse 5. The first was my understanding of the story previously that there was so much sin in the world that it causes God to bring the flood. And it makes sense in that you can quantify sin into actions. But the second part surprised me that even the thought of our hearts can cause pain. That is much harder to quantify!
But I think a lot of the time this story is seen as God being an angry God, but in light of verse 6, the story really needs to be read in light of a pained and hurt God. And that not only our actions can hurt him, but our thoughts as well.
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