Verse 20

Which sometime{G4218} were disobedient{G544}{(G5660)}, when{G3753} once{G530} the longsuffering{G3115} of God{G2316} waited{G1551}{(G5711)} in{G1722} the days{G2250} of Noah{G3575}, while the ark{G2787} was a preparing{G2680}{(G5746)}, wherein{G1519}{G3739} few{G3641}, that is{G5123}{(G5748)}, eight{G3638} souls{G5590} were saved{G1295}{(G5681)} by{G1223} water{G5204}.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 6:3 : 3 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)}, My spirit{H7307} shall not always{H5769} strive{H1777}{(H8799)} with man{H120}, for that he also{H1571}{(H8677)}{H7683}{(H8800)} is flesh{H1320}: yet his days{H3117} shall be an hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141}.
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith{G4102} Noah{G3575}, being warned of God{G5537}{(G5685)} of{G4012} things not{G3369} seen{G991}{(G5746)} as yet{G3369}, moved with fear{G2125}{(G5685)}, prepared{G2680}{(G5656)} an ark{G2787} to{G1519} the saving{G4991} of his{G846} house{G3624}; by{G1223} the which{G3739} he condemned{G2632}{(G5656)} the world{G2889}, and{G2532} became{G1096}{(G5633)} heir{G2818} of the righteousness{G1343} which is by{G2596} faith{G4102}.
• Gen 6:5 : 5 And GOD{H3068} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that the wickedness{H7451} of man{H120} was great{H7227} in the earth{H776}, and that every imagination{H3336} of the thoughts{H4284} of his heart{H3820} was only{H7535} evil{H7451} continually{H3117}.
• 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 And{G2532} spared{G5339}{(G5662)} not{G3756} the old{G744} world{G2889}, but{G235} saved{G5442}{(G5656)} Noah{G3575} the eighth{G3590} person, a preacher{G2783} of righteousness{G1343}, bringing in{G1863}{(G5660)} the flood{G2627} upon the world{G2889} of the ungodly{G765};
• Gen 8:18 : 18 And Noah{H5146} went forth{H3318}{(H8799)}, and his sons{H1121}, and his wife{H802}, and his sons{H1121}' wives{H802} with him:
• Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will the LORD{H3068} wait{H2442}{(H8762)}, that he may be gracious{H2603}{(H8800)} unto you, and therefore will he be exalted{H7311}{(H8799)}, that he may have mercy{H7355}{(H8763)} upon you: for the LORD{H3068} is a God{H430} of judgment{H4941}: blessed{H835} are all they that wait{H2442}{(H8802)} for him.
• Matt 7:14 : 14 Because{G3754} strait{G4728} is the gate{G4439}, and{G2532} narrow{G2346}{(G5772)} is the way{G3598}, which{G3588} leadeth{G520}{(G5723)} unto{G1519} life{G2222}, and{G2532} few{G3641} there be{G1526}{(G5748)} that find{G2147}{(G5723)} it{G846}.
• Matt 24:37-39 : 37 But{G1161} as{G5618} the days{G2250} of Noe{G3575} were, so{G3779} shall{G2071} also{G2532} the coming{G3952} of the Son{G5207} of man{G444} be{G2071}{(G5704)}. 38 For{G1063} as{G5618} in{G1722} the days{G2250} that were{G2258}{(G5713)} before{G4253} the flood{G2627} they were eating{G5176}{(G5723)} and{G2532} drinking{G4095}{(G5723)}, marrying{G1060}{(G5723)} and{G2532} giving in marriage{G1547}{(G5723)}, until{G891} the day{G2250} that{G3739} Noe{G3575} entered{G1525}{(G5627)} into{G1519} the ark{G2787}, 39 And{G2532} knew{G1097}{(G5627)} not{G3756} until{G2193} the flood{G2627} came{G2064}{(G5627)}, and{G2532} took{G142} them all{G537} away{G142}{(G5656)}; so{G3779} shall{G2071} also{G2532} the coming{G3952} of the Son{G5207} of man{G444} be{G2071}{(G5704)}.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Fear{G5399}{(G5737)} not{G3361}, little{G3398} flock{G4168}; for{G3754} it is{G2106} your{G5216} Father's{G3962} good pleasure{G2106}{(G5656)} to give{G1325}{(G5629)} you{G5213} the kingdom{G932}.
• Luke 13:24-25 : 24 Strive{G75}{(G5737)} to enter in{G1525}{(G5629)} at{G1223} the strait{G4728} gate{G4439}: for{G3754} many{G4183}, I say{G3004}{(G5719)} unto you{G5213}, will seek{G2212}{(G5692)} to enter in{G1525}{(G5629)}, and{G2532} shall{G2480} not{G3756} be able{G2480}{(G5692)}. 25 When once{G575}{G3739}{G302} the master of the house{G3617} is risen up{G1453}{(G5686)}, and{G2532} hath shut{G608}{(G5661)} to the door{G2374}, and{G2532} ye begin{G756}{(G5672)} to stand{G2476}{(G5760)} without{G1854}, and{G2532} to knock{G2925}{(G5721)} at the door{G2374}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, Lord{G2962}, Lord{G2962}, open{G455}{(G5657)} unto us{G2254}; and{G2532} he shall answer{G611}{(G5679)} and say{G2046}{(G5692)} unto you{G5213}, I know{G1492}{(G5758)} you{G5209} not{G3756} whence{G4159} ye are{G2075}{(G5748)}:
• Luke 17:26-30 : 26 And{G2532} as{G2531} it was{G1096}{(G5633)} in{G1722} the days{G2250} of Noe{G3575}, so{G3779} shall it be{G2071}{(G5704)} also{G2532} in{G1722} the days{G2250} of the Son{G5207} of man{G444}. 27 They did eat{G2068}{(G5707)}, they drank{G4095}{(G5707)}, they married wives{G1060}{(G5707)}, they were given in marriage{G1547}{(G5712)}, until{G891} the day{G2250} that{G3739} Noe{G3575} entered{G1525}{(G5627)} into{G1519} the ark{G2787}, and{G2532} the flood{G2627} came{G2064}{(G5627)}, and{G2532} destroyed{G622}{(G5656)} them all{G537}. 28 Likewise{G3668} also{G2532} as{G5613} it was{G1096}{(G5633)} in{G1722} the days{G2250} of Lot{G3091}; they did eat{G2068}{(G5707)}, they drank{G4095}{(G5707)}, they bought{G59}{(G5707)}, they sold{G4453}{(G5707)}, they planted{G5452}{(G5707)}, they builded{G3618}{(G5707)}; 29 But{G3739}{G1161} the same day{G2250} that Lot{G3091} went{G1831}{(G5627)} out of{G575} Sodom{G4670} it rained{G1026}{(G5656)} fire{G4442} and{G2532} brimstone{G2303} from{G575} heaven{G3772}, and{G2532} destroyed{G622}{(G5656)} them all{G537}. 30 Even{G2596} thus{G5024} shall it be{G2071}{(G5704)} in the day{G3739}{G2250} when the Son{G5207} of man{G444} is revealed{G601}{(G5743)}.
• Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or{G2228} despisest thou{G2706}{(G5719)} the riches{G4149} of his{G846} goodness{G5544} and{G2532} forbearance{G463} and{G2532} longsuffering{G3115}; not knowing{G50}{(G5723)} that{G3754} the goodness{G5543} of God{G2316} leadeth{G71}{(G5719)} thee{G4571} to{G1519} repentance{G3341}? 5 But{G1161} after{G2596} thy{G4675} hardness{G4643} and{G2532} impenitent{G279} heart{G2588} treasurest up{G2343}{(G5719)} unto thyself{G4572} wrath{G3709} against{G1722} the day{G2250} of wrath{G3709} and{G2532} revelation{G602} of the righteous judgment{G1341} of God{G2316};
• Rom 9:22 : 22 What if{G1487}{G1161} God{G2316}, willing{G2309}{(G5723)} to shew{G1731}{(G5670)} his wrath{G3709}, and{G2532} to make{G1107} his{G846} power{G1415} known{G1107}{(G5658)}, endured{G5342}{(G5656)} with{G1722} much{G4183} longsuffering{G3115} the vessels{G4632} of wrath{G3709} fitted{G2675}{(G5772)} to{G1519} destruction{G684}:
• 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And{G2532} account{G2233}{(G5737)} that the longsuffering{G3115} of our{G2257} Lord{G2962} is salvation{G4991}; even as{G2531} our{G2257} beloved{G27} brother{G80} Paul{G3972} also{G2532} according to{G2596} the wisdom{G4678} given{G1325}{(G5685)} unto him{G846} hath written{G1125}{(G5656)} unto you{G5213};
• Eph 5:26 : 26 That{G2443} he{G846} might sanctify{G37}{(G5661)} and cleanse it{G2511}{(G5660)} with the washing{G3067} of water{G5204} by{G1722} the word{G4487},
• Gen 6:13-7:7 : 13 And God{H430} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Noah{H5146}, The end{H7093} of all flesh{H1320} is come{H935}{(H8804)} before me{H6440}; for the earth{H776} is filled with{H4390}{(H8804)} violence{H2555} through them{H6440}; and, behold, I will destroy{H7843}{(H8688)} them with{H854} the earth{H776}. 14 Make{H6213}{(H8798)} thee an ark{H8392} of gopher{H1613} wood{H6086}; rooms{H7064} shalt thou make{H6213}{(H8799)} in{H854} the ark{H8392}, and shalt pitch{H3722}{(H8804)} it within{H1004} and without{H2351} with pitch{H3724}. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make{H6213}{(H8799)} it of: The length{H753} of the ark{H8392} shall be three{H7969} hundred{H3967} cubits{H520}, the breadth{H7341} of it fifty{H2572} cubits{H520}, and the height{H6967} of it thirty{H7970} cubits{H520}. 16 A window{H6672} shalt thou make{H6213}{(H8799)} to the ark{H8392}, and in a cubit{H520} shalt thou finish{H3615}{(H8762)} it above{H4605}; and the door{H6607} of the ark{H8392} shalt thou set{H7760}{(H8799)} in the side thereof{H6654}; with lower{H8482}, second{H8145}, and third{H7992} stories shalt thou make{H6213}{(H8799)} it. 17 And, behold{H2009}, I{H589}, even I, do bring{H935}{(H8688)} a flood{H3999} of waters{H4325} upon the earth{H776}, to destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} all flesh{H1320}, wherein is the breath{H7307} of life{H2416}, from under{H8478} heaven{H8064}; and every thing{H3605} that is in the earth{H776} shall die{H1478}{(H8799)}. 18 But with thee will I establish{H6965}{(H8689)} my covenant{H1285}; and thou shalt come{H935}{(H8804)} into{H413} the ark{H8392}, thou{H859}, and thy sons{H1121}, and thy wife{H802}, and thy sons{H1121}' wives{H802} with thee. 19 And of every living thing{H2416} of all flesh{H1320}, two{H8147} of every sort shalt thou bring{H935}{(H8686)} into the ark{H8392}, to keep them alive{H2421}{(H8687)} with thee; they shall be male{H2145} and female{H5347}. 20 Of fowls{H5775} after their kind{H4327}, and of cattle{H929} after their kind{H4327}, of every creeping thing{H7431} of the earth{H127} after his kind{H4327}, two{H8147} of every sort shall come{H935}{(H8799)} unto thee, to keep them alive{H2421}{(H8687)}. 21 And take{H3947}{(H8798)} thou unto thee of all food{H3978} that is eaten{H398}{(H8735)}, and thou shalt gather{H622}{(H8804)} it to thee; and it shall be for food{H402} for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did{H6213}{(H8799)} Noah{H5146}; according to all that God{H430} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} him, so did{H6213}{(H8804)} he. 1 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Noah{H5146}, Come{H935}{(H8798)} thou and all thy house{H1004} into the ark{H8392}; for thee have I seen{H7200}{(H8804)} righteous{H6662} before me{H6440} in this{H2088} generation{H1755}. 2 Of every clean{H2889} beast{H929} thou shalt take{H3947}{(H8799)} to thee by sevens{H7651}{H7651}, the male{H376} and his female{H802}: and of beasts{H929} that are not clean{H2889}{H1931} by two{H8147}, the male{H376} and his female{H802}. 3 Of fowls{H5775} also of the air{H8064} by sevens{H7651}{H7651}, the male{H2145} and the female{H5347}; to keep{H2421} seed{H2233} alive{H2421}{(H8763)} upon the face{H6440} of all the earth{H776}. 4 For yet{H5750} seven{H7651} days{H3117}, and I will cause it to rain{H4305}{(H8688)} upon the earth{H776} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights{H3915}; and every{H3605} living substance{H3351} that I have made{H6213}{(H8804)} will I destroy{H4229}{(H8804)} from off{H5921} the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}. 5 And Noah{H5146} did{H6213}{(H8799)} according unto all that the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} him. 6 And Noah{H5146} was six{H8337} hundred{H3967} years{H8141} old{H1121} when the flood{H3999} of waters{H4325} was upon the earth{H776}. 7 And Noah{H5146} went in{H935}{(H8799)}, and his sons{H1121}, and his wife{H802}, and his sons{H1121}' wives{H802} with him, into the ark{H8392}, because of{H6440} the waters{H4325} of the flood{H3999}.
• Gen 7:13 : 13 In the selfsame{H6106} day{H3117} entered{H935}{(H8804)} Noah{H5146}, and Shem{H8035}, and Ham{H2526}, and Japheth{H3315}, the sons{H1121} of Noah{H5146}, and Noah's{H5146} wife{H802}, and the three{H7969} wives{H802} of his sons{H1121} with them, into the ark{H8392};
• Gen 7:17-23 : 17 And the flood{H3999} was forty{H705} days{H3117} upon the earth{H776}; and the waters{H4325} increased{H7235}{(H8799)}, and bare up{H5375}{(H8799)} the ark{H8392}, and it was lift up{H7311}{(H8799)} above the earth{H776}. 18 And the waters{H4325} prevailed{H1396}{(H8799)}, and were increased{H7235}{(H8799)} greatly{H3966} upon the earth{H776}; and the ark{H8392} went{H3212}{(H8799)} upon the face{H6440} of the waters{H4325}. 19 And the waters{H4325} prevailed{H1396}{(H8804)} exceedingly{H3966}{H3966} upon the earth{H776}; and all the high{H1364} hills{H2022}, that were under{H8478} the whole heaven{H8064}, were covered{H3680}{(H8792)}. 20 Fifteen{H6240}{H2568} cubits{H520} upward{H4605} did the waters{H4325} prevail{H1396}{(H8804)}; and the mountains{H2022} were covered{H3680}{(H8792)}. 21 And all flesh{H1320} died{H1478}{(H8799)} that moved{H7430}{(H8802)} upon the earth{H776}, both of fowl{H5775}, and of cattle{H929}, and of beast{H2416}, and of every creeping thing{H8318} that creepeth{H8317}{(H8802)} upon the earth{H776}, and every man{H120}: 22 All in whose nostrils{H639} was the breath{H5397}{H7307} of life{H2416}, of all that was in the dry{H2724} land, died{H4191}{(H8804)}. 23 And every living substance{H3351} was destroyed{H4229}{(H8735)} which was upon the face{H6440} of the ground{H127}, both man{H120}, and cattle{H929}, and the creeping things{H7431}, and the fowl{H5775} of the heaven{H8064}; and they were destroyed{H4229}{(H8735)} from the earth{H776}: and Noah{H5146} only{H389} remained{H7604}{(H8735)} alive, and they that{H834} were with him in the ark{H8392}.
• Gen 8:1 : 1 And God{H430} remembered{H2142}{(H8799)} Noah{H5146}, and every living thing{H2416}, and all the cattle{H929} that was with him in the ark{H8392}: and God{H430} made{H5674} a wind{H7307} to pass{H5674}{(H8686)} over{H5921} the earth{H776}, and the waters{H4325} asswaged{H7918}{(H8799)};
• 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For{G3754} we are{G2070}{(G5748)} unto God{G2316} a sweet savour{G2175} of Christ{G5547}, in{G1722} them that are saved{G4982}{(G5746)}, and{G2532} in{G1722} them that perish{G622}{(G5730)}: 16 To{G3739} the one{G3303} we are the savour{G3744} of death{G2288} unto{G1519} death{G2288}; and{G1161} to the other{G3739} the savour{G3744} of life{G2222} unto{G1519} life{G2222}. And{G2532} who{G5101} is sufficient{G2425} for{G4314} these things{G5023}?