Verse 12

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

Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:15-17 : 15 Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked– 16 men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations? 17 They were saying to God,‘Turn away from us,’ and‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
  • Job 33:27 : 27 That person sings to others, saying:‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
  • Ps 53:2-3 : 2 God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God. 3 Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!
  • Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.
  • Luke 3:6 : 6 and all humanity will see the salvation of God.’”
  • 1 Pet 3:19-20 : 19 In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God. 3 Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!
  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 The LORD watches from heaven; he sees all people. 14 From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.
  • Gen 6:4-5 : 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days(and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men. 5 But 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.
  • Gen 6:8 : 8 But Noah found favor in the sight of the LORD.
  • Gen 7:1 : 1 The LORD said to Noah,“Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.
  • Gen 7:21 : 21 And 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.
  • Gen 9:12 : 12 And God said,“This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:
  • Gen 9:16-17 : 16 When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will notice it and remember the perpetual covenant between God and all living creatures of all kinds that are on the earth.” 17 So God said to Noah,“This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things that are on the earth.”
  • Gen 18:21 : 21 that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”