Genesis 8:21

Contemporary English Version 1995

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.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:15

In fact, God thinks of us as a perfume that brings Christ to everyone. For people who are being saved, this perfume has a sweet smell and leads them to a better life. But for people who are lost, it has a bad smell and leads them to a horrible death. No one really has what it takes to do this work.

Ephesians 5:2

Let love be your guide. Christ loved us and offered his life for us as a sacrifice that pleases God.

Jeremiah 17:9

You people of Judah are so deceitful that you even fool yourselves, and you can't change.

Genesis 6:5

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

Philippians 4:18

I have been paid back everything, and with interest. I am completely satisfied with the gifts you sent with Epaphroditus. They are like a sweet-smelling offering or like the right kind of sacrifice that pleases God.

Romans 3:23

All of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory.

Ezekiel 20:41

When I bring you home from the places where you are now scattered, I will be pleased with you, just as I am pleased with the smell of the smoke from your sacrifices. Every nation on earth will see that I am holy,

Matthew 15:19

Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

No one in this world always does right.

Genesis 3:17

The Lord said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate the fruit I told you not to eat. And so, the ground will be under a curse because of what you did. As long as you live, you will have to struggle to grow enough food.

John 3:6

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

Isaiah 53:6

All of us were like sheep that had wandered off. We had each gone our own way, but the Lord gave him the punishment we deserved.

Psalm 58:3

You have done wrong and lied from the day you were born.

Psalm 51:5

I have sinned and done wrong since the day I was born.

1 John 5:19

We are certain we come from God and the rest of the world is under the power of the devil.

Romans 1:21

They know about God, but they don't honor him or even thank him. Their thoughts are useless, and their stupid minds are in the dark.

Jeremiah 18:12

But I know you won't listen. You might as well answer, “We don't care what you say. We have made plans to sin, and we are going to be stubborn and do as we please!”

Proverbs 20:9

Can any of us really say, “My thoughts are pure, and my sins are gone”?

Job 14:4

There's no way a human can be completely pure.

Leviticus 1:17

Finally, he will take the bird by its wings, tear it partially open, and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

Exodus 29:25

After this, put the meat and bread on the altar and send them up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

Exodus 29:18

Then make sure that the whole animal goes up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

Genesis 6:17

I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.

Jeremiah 8:6

I listen carefully, but none of you admit that you've done wrong. Without a second thought, you run down the wrong road like horses running blindly into battle.

Isaiah 65:6

I have written this down; I won't keep silent. I'll pay them back just as their sins deserve.

Isaiah 48:8

You have never been willing to listen to what I say; from the moment of your birth, I knew you would rebel.

Isaiah 47:15

These are the fortunetellers you have done business with all of your life. But they don't know where they are going, and they can't save you.

Isaiah 47:12

Keep using your magic powers and your charms as you have always done. Maybe—just maybe— you will frighten somebody!

Leviticus 26:31

I'll wipe out your towns and your places of worship and will no longer be pleased with the smell of your sacrifices.

Genesis 5:29

Lamech said, “I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the Lord has put under a curse.”

Genesis 4:12

When you try to farm the land, it won't produce anything for you. From now on, you'll be without a home, and you'll spend the rest of your life wandering from place to place.

Genesis 6:7

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.”

Genesis 6:13

So he told Noah: Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.

Leviticus 4:31

After this, the priest will remove all of the fat, just as he does when an animal is sacrificed to ask my blessing. The priest will then send the fat up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. This animal is sacrificed so that I will forgive you ordinary people when you sin.

Leviticus 8:28

After this, Moses placed it on the fires of the altar and sent it up in smoke with a smell that pleased the Lord. This was part of the ordination ceremony.

Numbers 15:3

Bulls or rams or goats are the animals that you may burn on the altar as sacrifices to please me. You may also offer sacrifices voluntarily or because you made a promise, or because they are part of your regular religious ceremonies. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices is pleasing to me.

1 Samuel 26:19

Please listen to what I have to say. If the Lord has turned you against me, maybe a sacrifice will make him change his mind. But if some people have turned you against me, I hope the Lord will punish them! They have forced me to leave the land that belongs to the Lord and have told me to worship foreign gods.

Psalm 58:4

Your words spread poison like the bite of a cobra