Genesis 11:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

he said: These people are working together because they all speak the same language. This is just the beginning. Soon they will be able to do anything they want.

Cross References

Genesis 3:22

The Lord said, “They now know the difference between right and wrong, just as we do. But they must not be allowed to eat fruit from the tree that lets them live forever.”

Genesis 11:1

At first everyone spoke the same language,

Luke 1:51

The Lord has used his powerful arm to scatter those who are proud.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young! Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. But don't forget that God will judge you for everything you do.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased the Lord, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Genesis 9:19

All people on earth are descendants of Noah's three sons.

Acts 17:26

From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be.

1 Kings 18:27

At noon, Elijah began making fun of them. “Pray louder!” he said. “Baal must be a god. Maybe he's daydreaming or using the toilet or traveling somewhere. Or maybe he's asleep, and you have to wake him up.”

Amos 4:7

Three months before harvest, I kept back the rain. Sometimes I would let it fall on one town or field but not on another, and pastures dried up.