Genesis 6:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

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  • Job 22:15-17 : 15 Will you keep the old way by which evil men went? 16 Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters: 17 Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?
  • Job 33:27 : 27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.
  • Ps 53:2-3 : 2 God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God. 3 Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.
  • Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
  • Luke 3:6 : 6 And all flesh will see the salvation of God.
  • 1 Pet 3:19-20 : 19 By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those 20 Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good. 2 The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God. 3 They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.
  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men; 14 From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;
  • Gen 6:4-5 : 4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name. 5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
  • Gen 6:8 : 8 But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.
  • Gen 7:1 : 1 And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.
  • Gen 7:21 : 21 And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.
  • Gen 9:12 : 12 And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations:
  • Gen 9:16-17 : 16 And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth. 17 And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth.
  • Gen 18:21 : 21 I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

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    11 And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

  • Gen 6:13
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    13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

  • Gen 6:1-8
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    1 And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

    2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

    3 And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

    4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

    5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

    6 And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.

    7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

    8 But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

  • Gen 6:17
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    17 For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

  • Gen 7:19-23
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    19 And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.

    20 The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

    21 And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

    22 Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.

    23 Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.

  • 2 Pet 3:6
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    6 And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.

  • Gen 8:21
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    21 And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

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

  • Isa 24:5-6
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    5 The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.

    6 For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.

  • Gen 7:6
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    6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all the earth.

  • Gen 7:12
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    12 And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

  • Gen 7:8
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    8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

  • Gen 7:4
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    4 For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

  • Jer 4:23
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    23 Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.

  • Ps 14:3
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    3 They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

  • Gen 7:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

  • Job 34:15
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    15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

  • Hos 4:3
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    3 Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

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    23 And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

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    1 And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

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    20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,