Genesis 6:7

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So the LORD said,“I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth– everything from humankind to animals, including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

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  • Ps 24:1-2 : 1 A psalm of David. The LORD owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it. 2 For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But evil men will die; the LORD’s enemies will be incinerated– they will go up in smoke.
  • Prov 10:27 : 27 Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.
  • Prov 16:4 : 4 The LORD has worked everything for his own ends– even the wicked for the day of disaster.
  • Jer 4:22-27 : 22 The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.” 23 “I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished. 24 I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth! 25 I looked and saw that there were no more people, and that all the birds in the sky had flown away. 26 I looked and saw that the fruitful land had become a desert and that all of the cities had been laid in ruins. The LORD had brought this all about because of his blazing anger. 27 All this will happen because the LORD said,“The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.
  • Jer 12:3-4 : 3 But you, LORD, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed! 4 How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast,“God will not see what happens to us.”
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.
  • Zeph 1:3 : 3 “I will destroy people and animals; I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea.(The idolatrous images of these creatures will be destroyed along with evil people.) I will remove humanity from the face of the earth,” says the LORD.
  • Rom 3:20-22 : 20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed– 22 namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

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  • Gen 6:5-6
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    5But the LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

    6The LORD regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.

  • Gen 6:17
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    17I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die,

  • Gen 6:11-13
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    11The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.

    12God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.

    13So God said to Noah,“I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.

  • 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 from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

  • Amos 7:3
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    3The LORD decided not to do this.“It will not happen,” the LORD said.

  • Gen 7:21-23
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    21And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

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

    23So the LORD destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

  • Gen 8:21
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    21And the LORD smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself,“I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

  • Amos 7:6
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    6The LORD decided not to do this. The Sovereign LORD said,“This will not happen either.”

  • Gen 6:3
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    3So the LORD said,“My Spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”

  • Zeph 1:2-3
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    2The Lord’s Day of Judgment is Approaching“I will destroy everything from the face of the earth,” says the LORD.

    3“I will destroy people and animals; I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea.(The idolatrous images of these creatures will be destroyed along with evil people.) I will remove humanity from the face of the earth,” says the LORD.

  • Gen 6:8
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    8But Noah found favor in the sight of the LORD.

  • Exod 32:14
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    14Then the LORD relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.

  • Ezek 32:13
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    13I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters; and no human foot will disturb the waters again, nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.

  • Ezek 14:19
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    19“Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals.

  • Gen 1:26
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    26Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

  • Gen 7:8
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    8Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,

  • 2 Pet 3:6
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    6Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.

  • Jer 21:6
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    6I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.

  • Jer 15:6
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    6I, the LORD, say:‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!”

  • Gen 9:11
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    11I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

  • Gen 9:15
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    15then I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures of all kinds. Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy all living things.

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    28Because of this the land will mourn and the sky above will grow black. For I have made my purpose known and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.”

  • Ezek 14:15
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    15“Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.

  • Amos 9:8
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    8Look, the Sovereign LORD is watching the sinful nation, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not completely destroy the family of Jacob,” says the LORD.

  • Gen 7:6
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    6Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed the earth.

  • Gen 7:1
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    1The LORD said to Noah,“Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

  • Jonah 3:10
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    10When God saw their actions– that they turned from their evil way of living!– God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.

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    20So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

  • Jer 18:7-8
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    7There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.

    8But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.

  • Hos 4:3
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    3Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.