Genesis 6:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

and he said, “I'm going to destroy every person on earth! I'll even wipe out animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them.”

Cross References

Zephaniah 1:3

people and animals, birds and fish. Everyone who is evil will crash to the ground, and I will wipe out the entire human race.

Psalm 37:20

Wicked people are enemies of the Lord and will vanish like smoke from a field on fire.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has a reason for everything he does, and he lets evil people live only to be punished.

Proverbs 10:27

If you respect the Lord, you will live longer; if you keep doing wrong, your life will be cut short.

Hosea 4:3

And so your land is a desert. Every living creature is dying— people and wild animals, birds and fish.

Genesis 6:6

He was sorry that he had made them,

Genesis 7:4

Seven days from now I will send rain that will last for 40 days and nights, and I will destroy all other living creatures I have made.

Genesis 7:21

Not a bird, animal, reptile, or human was left alive anywhere on earth.

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.

Deuteronomy 28:63

The Lord is happy to make you successful and to help your nation grow while you conquer the land. But if you disobey him, he will be just as happy to pull you up by your roots.

Deuteronomy 29:20

The Lord will be furious, and instead of forgiving you, he will separate you from the other tribes. Then he will destroy you, by piling on you all the curses in The Book of God's Law, and you will be forgotten forever.

1 Samuel 15:11

“Saul has stopped obeying me, and I'm sorry that I made him king.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out in prayer to the Lord all night.

Amos 7:3

Then the Lord felt sorry and answered, “I won't let it be destroyed.”

Amos 7:6

Again the Lord felt sorry and answered, “I won't let it be destroyed.”

Zephaniah 1:2

I, the Lord, now promise to destroy everything on this earth—

Zephaniah 1:18

Not even your silver or gold can save you on that day when I, the Lord, am angry. My anger will flare up like a furious fire scorching the earth and everyone on it.”

Isaiah 27:11

When broken branches fall to the ground, women pick them up to feed the fire. But these people are so stupid that the God who created them will show them no mercy.