Literal belief in the flood story

[Hoopington]

While it is true that God destroyed the world because man was these things (Genesis 6:6-7), that doesn't necessarily mean that it was done as a 'solution' for them. For Cthulhu Dreaming, Crossless1, Faith No More, Minimalist, and Tonus, what is the Biblical support for your statement that the 'reason for the flood was to rid the world of wickedness, evil, violence, and corruption?'

Errr... because that is exactly what the verses say:

The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”

God proposed to bring the flood to wipe out humanity because it had become so wicked. That would have certainly rid the world of wickedness, evil, violence, and corruption. And if god hadn't second-guessed himself, his solution would have worked.

An omnipotent and omniscient being having "regrets?"

I'm not entirely sure those words belong in the same sentence.