Luke 17:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Deut 6:10-12 : 10 And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building; 11 And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full; 12 Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
  • Deut 8:12-14 : 12 And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them; 13 And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort; 14 Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
  • 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came. 37 And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone. 38 And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.
  • Job 21:9-9 : 9 Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them. 10 Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young. 11 They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance, 12 They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe. 13 Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.
  • Isa 21:4 : 4 My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
  • Isa 22:12-14 : 12 And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief: 13 But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes. 14 And the Lord of armies said to me secretly, Truly, this sin will not be taken from you till your death, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy. 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
  • Luke 16:19-23 : 19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day. 20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds, 21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds. 22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. 23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
  • 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you. 2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

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  • Matt 24:37-39
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    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.

  • Luke 17:28-30
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    28 In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;

    29 But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

    30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

  • Luke 17:26
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    26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

  • Gen 7:4-7
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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.

    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.

  • Gen 7:9-13
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    9 In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.

    10 And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.

    11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

    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;

  • 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 7:15-24
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    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.

    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.

    24 And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.

  • 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 6:17-18
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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.

    18 But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

  • Gen 8:18
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    18 And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

  • 2 Pet 2:5
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    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;

  • Gen 8:2
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    2 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

  • Gen 6:21
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    21 And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

  • 1 Pet 3:20
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    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:

  • Gen 6:2
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    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.

  • Gen 8:15
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    15 And God said to Noah,

  • Job 1:18
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    18 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house,

  • Gen 9:29
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    29 all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.

  • 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.

  • Luke 20:31
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    31 And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.

  • Matt 7:27
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    27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

  • Luke 20:34
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    34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;