Genesis 6:3

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Then the Lord said, “I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than 120 years.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:30

For years, you were patient, and your Spirit warned them with messages spoken by your prophets. Still they refused to listen, and you handed them over to their enemies.

Jeremiah 11:11

Here is what I've decided to do. I will bring suffering on the people of Judah and Jerusalem, and no one will escape. They will beg me to help, but I won't listen to their prayers.

Isaiah 63:10

Then the Lord's people turned against him and made his Holy Spirit sad. So he became their enemy and attacked them.

Psalm 78:39

God remembered that they were made of flesh and were like a wind that blows once and then dies down.

Acts 7:51

You stubborn and hardheaded people! You are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

Numbers 11:17

While I am talking with you there, I will give them some of your authority, so they can share responsibility for my people. You will no longer have to care for them by yourself.

1 Thessalonians 5:19

Don't turn away God's Spirit

John 3:6

Humans give life to their children. Yet only God's Spirit can change you into a child of God.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for my vineyard? I hoped for sweet grapes, but bitter grapes were all that grew.

Jeremiah 11:7

Ever since I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, I have been telling your people to obey me. But you and your ancestors

Isaiah 57:16

My people, I won't stay angry and keep on accusing you. After all, I am your Creator. I don't want you to give up in complete despair.

Psalm 90:10

We can expect seventy years, or maybe eighty, if we are healthy, but even our best years bring trouble and sorrow. Suddenly our time is up, and we disappear.