2 Peter 3:6

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Through these, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.

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  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and if He did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others when He brought the flood on the ungodly world,
  • Gen 7:10-23 : 10 And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights. 13 On that very day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons, entered the ark. 14 They, and every wild animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every crawling thing that crawls on the ground according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind—all winged creatures—came. 15 They came to Noah and entered the ark, two by two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 Those entering, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him, and the Lord shut him in. 17 The flood continued on the earth for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark, and it was raised high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters. 19 The waters prevailed greatly on the earth, covering all the high mountains under the entire sky. 20 The waters rose to a height of fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them completely. 21 Every living creature that moved on the earth perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out—human beings, animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
  • Gen 9:15 : 15 I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.
  • Job 12:15 : 15 "If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth."
  • Matt 24:38-39 : 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
  • Luke 17:27 : 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

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  • 2 Pet 3:4-5
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    4and they will say, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, everything continues just as it has from the beginning of creation.'

    5For they deliberately ignore this fact: that the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.

  • 2 Pet 3:7
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    7But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of ungodly people.

  • 2 Pet 2:5-6
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    5and if He did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others when He brought the flood on the ungodly world,

    6and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly,

  • 1 Pet 3:20
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    20They were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it, only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water.

  • Gen 7:17-24
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    17The flood continued on the earth for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.

    18The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

    19The waters prevailed greatly on the earth, covering all the high mountains under the entire sky.

    20The waters rose to a height of fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them completely.

    21Every living creature that moved on the earth perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.

    22Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

    23Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out—human beings, animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

    24The waters prevailed on the earth for one hundred and fifty days.

  • Gen 6:17
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    17And I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh that has the breath of life in it, under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.

  • Job 22:16
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    16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundation was swept away by a flood.

  • Gen 7:6
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    6Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

  • Gen 6:11-13
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    11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.

    12God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all flesh had ruined their way on the earth.

    13Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; behold, I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

  • Gen 7:10-12
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    10And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

    11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

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

  • Gen 8:2-3
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    2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

    3The waters continued to recede from the earth, steadily decreasing, and after one hundred and fifty days, the waters had diminished.

  • 2 Pet 3:10-12
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    10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

    11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

    12Looking forward to and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with intense heat.

  • Heb 11:7
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    7By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverent fear prepared an ark for the salvation of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

  • Gen 1:6-7
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    6Then God said, 'Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.'

    7So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

  • Heb 11:3
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    3By faith we understand that the universe was formed by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

  • Luke 17:26-27
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    26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

    27People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

  • Gen 6:7
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    7So the Lord said, "I will wipe out humanity, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—humans, along with the animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I have made them."

  • Gen 7:4
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    4For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out every living thing I have made from the face of the ground.

  • Gen 1:2
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    2Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

  • Gen 2:6
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    6But a mist would rise from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.

  • Gen 8:14
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    14By the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was completely dry.

  • Ps 104:6
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    6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

  • Gen 1:9
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    9Then God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Luke 17:29
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    29But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

  • Gen 9:11
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    11I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all flesh be destroyed by the waters of a flood, and never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.