Genesis 11:5

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But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building.

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  • Gen 18:21 : 21 'I will go down now and see if what they have done matches the outcry that has come to Me. If not, I will know.'
  • Exod 19:11 : 11 They must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
  • Exod 3:8 : 8 'So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.'
  • Exod 19:20 : 20 The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Then the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
  • John 3:13 : 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them.
  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 From heaven the Lord looks down; He sees all the children of men. 14 From His dwelling place, He watches all who live on the earth.
  • Jer 23:23-24 : 23 Am I only a God nearby, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? 24 Can anyone hide in secret places where I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? declares the LORD.
  • Exod 19:18 : 18 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 11:1-4
    4 verses
    87%

    1 Now the whole earth had one language and a common speech.

    2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

    3 They said to each other, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone and tar for mortar.

    4 Then they said, "Come, let us build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

  • Gen 11:6-9
    4 verses
    84%

    6 The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Now nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them."

    7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.

    8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.

    9 That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

  • Ps 14:2
    71%

    2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all humanity to see if there is anyone who understands, anyone who seeks after God.

  • Gen 18:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20 Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave.

    21 'I will go down now and see if what they have done matches the outcry that has come to Me. If not, I will know.'

  • Exod 19:20
    70%

    20 The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Then the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

  • Zech 5:11
    69%

    11 He replied, 'To the land of Shinar to build a house for it. When it is prepared, it will be set there on its own base.'

  • Gen 28:12
    69%

    12 And he dreamed; behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven. The angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

  • Mic 1:3
    69%

    3 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling place; He will descend and tread on the high places of the earth.

  • Jer 31:38
    68%

    38 The days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD, from the Tower of Hananeel to the Corner Gate.

  • Ps 53:2
    68%

    2 The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt and have committed terrible injustice; there is no one who does good.

  • Gen 6:5
    68%

    5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of humanity had become on the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of their heart was only evil continually.

  • Gen 6:1
    68%

    1 When mankind began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

  • Gen 19:28
    68%

    28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the entire plain, and he saw that smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

  • Acts 2:6
    67%

    6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment because each one heard them speaking in their own language.

  • Exod 34:5
    67%

    5 Then the LORD came down in a cloud, stood there with him, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

  • Isa 25:12
    67%

    12 He will demolish the high fortress of your walls, bring it down to the ground, to the very dust.

  • Hag 1:8
    67%

    8 Go up into the mountains, bring down timber, and build the house, so that I may be pleased with it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • Gen 19:13
    67%

    13 because we are about to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."

  • Num 12:5
    67%

    5 Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud. He stood at the entrance to the tent and called Aaron and Miriam. When both of them stepped forward,

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
    67%

    11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

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