Genesis 11:6

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

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  • Gen 11:1 : 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
  • Gen 9:19 : 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
  • Gen 3:22 : 22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
  • Judg 10:14 : 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
  • 1 Kgs 18:27 : 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
  • Ps 2:1-4 : 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 11:7-9
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    87%

    7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

    8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

    9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

  • Gen 11:1-5
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    1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

    2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

    3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

    4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

    5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

  • Acts 2:6-8
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    6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

    7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

    8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

  • Zeph 3:9
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    9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

  • Gen 6:1-3
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    69%

    1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

    2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

    3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

  • Gen 6:5
    68%

    5And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  • Acts 2:12
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    12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

  • Gen 1:26
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    26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  • Gen 1:6
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    6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

  • Gen 10:5
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    5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

  • Acts 2:4
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    4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

  • 1 Cor 14:21
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    21In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

  • Gen 6:12-13
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    12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

    13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  • Isa 28:11
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    11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

  • Gen 18:17
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    17And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

  • Gen 3:22
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    22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

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    9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.