2 Peter 3:5

World English Bible (2000)

For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

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  • Ps 24:2 : 2 For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
  • Heb 11:3 : 3 By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
  • Gen 1:6 : 6 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
  • Gen 1:9 : 9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.
  • Ps 136:6 : 6 To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever:
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; 12 that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Col 1:17 : 17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Pet 3:6-8
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    6by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

    7But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

    8But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

  • 2 Pet 3:4
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    4and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."

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

  • Gen 1:6-7
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    6God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

    7God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

  • Gen 1:1-3
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    73%

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

    2Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

    3God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

  • 1 Pet 3:20
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    20who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

  • Gen 8:2-3
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    2The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

    3The waters receded from the earth continually. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.

  • Gen 1:9-10
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    9God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.

    10God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

  • 2 Pet 2:5
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    5and didn't spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

  • Prov 3:19-20
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    19By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

    20By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

  • Rom 1:20
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    20For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

  • Job 22:16
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    16who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

  • Gen 7:17-20
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    17The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

    18The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.

    19The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

    20The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

  • Jer 4:23
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    23I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

  • 2 Pet 3:10-12
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    10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

    11Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

    12looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

  • Heb 1:10
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    10And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.

  • Gen 1:17
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    17God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

  • Ps 33:6-7
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    6By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

    7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

  • Gen 7:10
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    10It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.

  • Gen 7:12
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    12The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • Ps 102:25
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    25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Ps 24:2
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    2For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

  • Gen 2:6
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    6but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

  • Jude 1:5
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    5Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn't believe.

  • Isa 65:17
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    17"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

  • Ps 104:6
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    6You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

  • Gen 7:24
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    24The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.

  • Gen 1:15
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    15and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

  • Job 26:5
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    5"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

  • Jer 10:12
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    12He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

  • Job 28:4
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    4He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

  • Job 38:30
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    30The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

  • Prov 8:28
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    28when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

  • Heb 11:7
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    7By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

  • Jer 51:15
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    15He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens: