'Perverse' in the Bible

If a man lies [intimately] with a male as if he were a woman, both men have committed a detestable (perverse, unnatural) act; they shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them.

“They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him.They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect;But are a perverse and crooked generation.

“Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,I will see what their end shall be;For they are a perverse generation,Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a wayward, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse [over me] to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

“Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty;Though I am blameless, He would denounce me as guilty.

With the pure You show Yourself pure,And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

A perverse heart shall depart from me;I will not tolerate evil.

To keep you from the way of evil and the evil man,From the man who speaks perverse things;

For the devious are repulsive to the Lord;But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].

A worthless person, a wicked man,Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.

The mouth of the righteous flows with [skillful and godly] wisdom,But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

A man will be commended according to his insight and sound judgment,But the one who is of a perverse mind will be despised.

A perverse man spreads strife,And one who gossips separates intimate friends.

He who [slyly] winks his eyes does so to plot perverse things;And he who compresses his lips [as if in a secret signal] brings evil to pass.

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrityThan a [rich] man who is twisted in his speech and is a [shortsighted] fool.

“The heart is deceitful above all thingsAnd it is extremely sick;Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?

“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bandage the crippled, and strengthen the weak and the sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hard-hearted and perverse]. I will feed them with judgment and punishment.

And Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”

Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here [to Me].”

We are suffering justly, because we are getting what we deserve for what we have done; but this Man has done nothing wrong.”

And Peter solemnly testified and continued to admonish and urge them with many more words, saying, “Be saved from this crooked and unjust generation!”

even from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves [as their followers].

so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights [beacons shining out clearly] in the world [of darkness],

and [pray] that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men; for not everyone has the faith.