Genesis 11:6

American Standard Version (1901)

And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

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  • Gen 11:1 : 1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.
  • Gen 9:19 : 19 These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread.
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
  • Gen 3:22 : 22 And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever--
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And Jehovah 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.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
  • Judg 10:14 : 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.
  • 1 Kgs 18:27 : 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.
  • Ps 2:1-4 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying] , 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

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  • Gen 11:7-9
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    7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

    8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

    9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

  • Gen 11:1-5
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    1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

    2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

    3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

    4 And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

    5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

  • Acts 2:6-8
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    6 And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.

    7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak Galilaeans?

    8 And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?

  • 9 For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

  • Gen 6:1-3
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    1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,

    2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

    3 And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years. [

  • 5 And Jehovah 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.

  • 12 And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

  • 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  • 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

  • 5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

  • 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

  • 21 In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.

  • Gen 6:12-13
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    12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

    13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  • 11 Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;

  • 17 And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

  • 22 And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever--

  • 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.