19 occurrences in 12 translations

'Pervert' in the Bible

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

When David returned to bless his household, Saul's daughter Michal came out to meet him and called out, "How the king of Israel honored himself today by undressing himself right in front of his women staff members, just like any pervert would dare to expose himself!"

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert the judgment of the righteous by futility.

But no longer refer to the burden of the Lord, for each man’s word becomes his burden and you pervert the words of the living God, the Lord of Hosts, our God.

And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and shall act.

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

and there withstood them Elymas the magian -- for so is his name interpreted -- seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

That is what he says in all his letters, when speaking in them of these things. In those letters there are some statements hard to understand, which ill-taught and unprincipled people pervert, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own ruin.

For certain people have crept in unnoticed [just as if they were sneaking in by a side door]. They are ungodly persons whose condemnation was predicted long ago, for they distort the grace of our God into decadence and immoral freedom [viewing it as an opportunity to do whatever they want], and deny and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
הפך 
Haphak 
Usage: 94

סלף 
Calaph 
Usage: 7

עוה 
`avah 
Usage: 17

עות 
`avath 
Usage: 11

עקשׁ 
`aqash 
Usage: 5

שׁנה 
Shanah 
Usage: 22

ἀποστρέφω 
Apostrepho 
Usage: 8

διαστρέφω 
Diastrepho 
Usage: 5

μεταστρέφω 
metastrepho 
Usage: 3

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