Genesis 7:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 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;
  • 1 Pet 3:20 : 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:
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.
  • Luke 17:26-27 : 26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man. 27 They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
  • 2 Pet 3:6 : 6 And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.
  • Gen 7:21-22 : 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.
  • Exod 14:28-30 : 28 And the waters came back, covering the war-carriages and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh which went after them into the middle of the sea; not one of them was to be seen. 29 But the children of Israel went through the sea walking on dry land, and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left. 30 So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.
  • 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?
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
  • Ps 91:9-9 : 9 Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place; 10 No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
  • Isa 24:1-8 : 1 See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions. 2 And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it. 3 The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord. 4 The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing. 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. 7 The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief. 8 The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.
  • Ezek 14:14-20 : 14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord. 15 Or if I send evil beasts through the land causing destruction and making it waste, so that no man may go through because of the beasts: 16 Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves, and the land would be made waste. 17 Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast: 18 Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves. 19 Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast: 20 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep son or daughter safe; only themselves would they keep safe through their righteousness.
  • Mal 3:17-18 : 17 And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant. 18 Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
  • Matt 24:37-39 : 37 And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. 38 Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark, 39 And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

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    12 And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

    13 On the same day Noah, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his sons, and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark;

    14 And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

    15 They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

    16 Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

    17 And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

    18 And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.

    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.

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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.

    2 Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

    3 And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

    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.

    5 And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do.

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

    7 And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

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    12 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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  • 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 8:19
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    19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

  • Gen 9:10
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  • Gen 8:17
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    17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

  • Gen 6:7
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    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.

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    1 And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

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    19 And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

    20 Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.