Matthew 24:38

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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,

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  • Rom 13:13-14 : 13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not; 30 And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing; 31 And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.
  • Gen 6:2 : 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 7:7 : 7 And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.
  • 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.
  • 1 Sam 30:16-17 : 16 And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah. 17 And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels.
  • 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.
  • Ezek 16:49-50 : 49 Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need. 50 They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.
  • Amos 6:3-6 : 3 You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near; 4 Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house; 5 Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
  • Matt 22:30 : 30 For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.
  • Luke 12:19 : 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.
  • Luke 12:45 : 45 But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
  • Luke 14:18-20 : 18 And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. 19 And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. 20 And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
  • Luke 17:26-28 : 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. 28 In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

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  • Luke 17:26-29
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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.

    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.

    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.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37 And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Matt 24:39
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    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.

  • 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 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 7:23-24
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    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.

  • Gen 7:15-18
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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.

  • Gen 8:15-18
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    15 And God said to Noah,

    16 Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.

    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.

    18 And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

  • 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 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 6:18-19
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    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.

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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;

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    6 Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

  • 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:

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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.

  • Gen 6:21-22
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    21 And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

    22 And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.

  • Gen 9:28-29
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    28 And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of waters;

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

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    20 In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.

  • Gen 6:11
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    11 And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

  • Gen 6:8
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    8 But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.