2 Peter 3:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

For this they willingly know not, that the heauens were of olde, and the earth that was of the water and by the water, by the word of God.

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  • Ps 24:2 : 2 For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.
  • Heb 11:3 : 3 Through faith we vnderstand that the world was ordeined by the worde of God, so that the things which we see, are not made of things which did appeare.
  • Gen 1:6 : 6 Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.
  • Gen 1:9 : 9 God saide againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare; it was so.
  • Ps 136:6 : 6 Which hath stretched out the earth vpon the waters: for his mercie endureth for euer:
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, & all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued. 11 And therefore God shal send them strong delusion, that they should beleeue lies, 12 That all they might be damned which beleeued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill. 20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 For as they regarded not to acknowledge God, euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a reprobate minde, to doe those things which are not conuenient,
  • Col 1:17 : 17 And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Pet 3:6-8
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    87%

    6Wherefore the worlde that then was, perished, ouerflowed with the water.

    7But the heauens and earth, which are nowe, are kept by the same word in store, and reserued vnto fire against the day of condemnation, and of the destruction of vngodly men.

    8Dearely beloued, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lorde, as a thousande yeeres, and a thousande yeeres as one day.

  • 2 Pet 3:4
    79%

    4And say, Where is the promes of his coming? For since the fathers died, all things continue alike from the beginning of the creation.

  • Heb 11:3
    74%

    3Through faith we vnderstand that the world was ordeined by the worde of God, so that the things which we see, are not made of things which did appeare.

  • Gen 1:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

    7Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament; it was so.

  • Gen 1:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth.

    2And the earth was without forme and voide, and darkenesse was vpon the deepe, and the Spirit of God moued vpon ye waters.

    3Then God saide, Let there be light: And there was light.

  • Gen 2:4
    73%

    4These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lorde God made the earth and the heauens,

  • 1 Pet 3:20
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    20Which were in time passed disobedient, when once the long suffering of God abode in the dayes of Noe, while the Arke was preparing, wherein fewe, that is, eight soules were saued in the water.

  • Gen 8:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained,

    3And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated.

  • Gen 1:9-10
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    72%

    9God saide againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare; it was so.

    10And God called the dry land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God sawe that it was good.

  • 2 Pet 2:5
    72%

    5Neither hath spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the eight person a preacher of righteousnesse, and brought in the flood vpon the world of the vngodly,

  • Prov 3:19-20
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    72%

    19The Lorde by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.

    20By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.

  • Rom 1:20
    72%

    20For the inuisible things of him, that is, his eternal power & Godhead, are seene by ye creation of the worlde, being considered in his workes, to the intent that they should be without excuse:

  • Job 22:16
    71%

    16Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:

  • Gen 7:17-20
    4 verses
    71%

    17Then ye flood was fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the Arke, which was lift vp aboue the earth.

    18The waters also waxed strong, and were increased exceedingly vpon the earth, and the Arke went vpon the waters.

    19The waters preuailed so exceedingly vpon the earth, that all the high mountaines, that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered.

    20Fifteene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuaile, when the mountaines were couered.

  • Jer 4:23
    71%

    23I haue looked vpon the earth, and loe, it was without forme and voide: and to the heauens, and they had no light.

  • 2 Pet 3:10-12
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    71%

    10But the day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a noyse, and the elements shall melt with heate, and the earth with the workes that are therein, shalbe burnt vp.

    11Seeing therefore that all these thinges must be dissolued, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlinesse,

    12Looking for, and hasting vnto the comming of that day of God, by the which the heauens being on fire, shall be dissolued, and the elements shall melt with heate?

  • Heb 1:10
    71%

    10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast established the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thine handes.

  • Gen 1:17
    70%

    17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,

  • Ps 33:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, & all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.

    7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures.

  • Gen 7:10
    70%

    10And so after seuen dayes the waters of the flood were vpon the earth.

  • Gen 7:12
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    12And the raine was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.

  • Ps 102:25
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    25Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands.

  • Ps 24:2
    70%

    2For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.

  • Gen 2:6
    70%

    6But a myst went vp from the earth, and watered all the earth.

  • Jude 1:5
    69%

    5I wil therfore put you in remebrance, forasmuch as ye once knew this, how that the Lord, after that he had deliuered the people out of Egypt, destroied them afterward which beleeued not.

  • Isa 65:17
    69%

    17For lo, I will create newe heauens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembred nor come into minde.

  • Ps 104:6
    69%

    6Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters woulde stand aboue the mountaines.

  • Gen 7:24
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    24And the waters preuailed vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes.

  • Gen 1:15
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    15And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so.

  • Job 26:5
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    5The dead things are formed vnder the waters, and neere vnto them.

  • Jer 10:12
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    12He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

  • Job 28:4
    69%

    4The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away.

  • Job 38:30
    69%

    30The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frosen.

  • Prov 8:28
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    28When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

  • Heb 11:7
    68%

    7By faith Noe being warned of God of the things which were as yet not seene, mooued with reuerence, prepared the Arke to the sauing of his housholde, through the which Arke hee condemned the world, and was made heire of the righteousnes, which is by faith.

  • Jer 51:15
    68%

    15He hath made the earth by his power, & established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.