Genesis 6:12

American Standard Version (1901)

And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

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  • Job 22:15-17 : 15 Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden? 16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, 17 Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
  • Job 33:27 : 27 He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:
  • Ps 53:2-3 : 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God. 3 Every one of them is gone back; They are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
  • Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
  • Luke 3:6 : 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
  • 1 Pet 3:19-20 : 19 in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, 20 that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good. 2 Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God. 3 They are all gone aside; They are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 Jehovah looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men; 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
  • Gen 6:4-5 : 4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown. 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 6:8 : 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
  • Gen 7:1 : 1 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
  • Gen 7:21 : 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
  • Gen 9:12 : 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
  • Gen 9:16-17 : 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
  • Gen 18:21 : 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 6:11
    89%

    11And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

  • Gen 6:13
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    13And 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.

  • Gen 6:1-8
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    82%

    1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,

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

    3And 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. [

    4The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

    5And 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.

    6And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

    7And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

    8But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Gen 6:17
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    17And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.

  • Gen 7:19-23
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    76%

    19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.

    20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

    21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

    22all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

    23And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.

  • 2 Pet 3:6
    72%

    6by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

  • Gen 8:21
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    21And 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.

  • Gen 1:31
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    31And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

  • Isa 24:5-6
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    71%

    5The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

    6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • Gen 7:6
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    6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

  • Gen 7:12
    70%

    12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • Gen 7:8
    70%

    8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,

  • Gen 7:4
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    4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.

  • Jer 4:23
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    23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

  • Ps 14:3
    69%

    3They are all gone aside; They are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • Gen 7:1
    69%

    1And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

  • Job 34:15
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    15All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.

  • Hos 4:3
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    3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  • Rom 1:23
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    23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

  • Gen 9:1
    68%

    1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

  • Gen 18:20
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    20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;