Genesis 8:21

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The Lord smelled the soothing aroma. He said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.

Cross References

Genesis 3:17

Then he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree, although I commanded you, ‘You must never eat its fruit.’ The ground is cursed because of you. Through hard work you will eat ⌞food that comes⌟ from it every day of your life.

Genesis 4:12

When you farm the ground, it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 5:29

He named him Noah [Relief], and said, “This child will bring us relief from the work and painful labor of our hands since the Lord has cursed the ground.”

Genesis 6:13

God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people because the earth is full of their violence. Now I’m going to destroy them along with the earth.

Genesis 6:17

I’m about to send a flood on the earth to destroy all people under the sky—every living, breathing human. Everything on earth will die.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.

Genesis 6:7

So he said, “I will wipe off the face of the earth these humans that I created. I will wipe out not only humans, but also domestic animals, crawling animals, and birds. I’m sorry that I made them.”

Job 14:4

“If only an unclean person could become clean! It’s not possible.

Psalm 51:5

Indeed, I was born guilty. I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.

Psalm 58:3

⌞Even⌟ inside the womb wicked people are strangers ⌞to God⌟. From their birth liars go astray.

Psalm 58:4

They have poisonous venom like snakes. They are like a deaf cobra that shuts its ears

Exodus 29:18

Then burn the whole ram on the altar. It’s a burnt offering, a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.

Exodus 29:25

Then take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. It’s a soothing aroma in the Lord’s presence, an offering by fire to the Lord.

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I’ve made my heart pure. I’m cleansed from my sin”?

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Certainly, there is no one so righteous on earth that he always does what is good and never sins.

Isaiah 47:12

Keep practicing your spells and your evil magic. You have practiced them ever since you were young. You may succeed. You may cause terror.

Isaiah 47:15

This is how it will be for those who have worked with you, for those who have been with you ever since you were young. They will go their own ways, and there will be no one to save you.

Isaiah 48:8

You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you’ve acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.

Isaiah 53:6

We have all strayed like sheep. Each one of us has turned to go his own way, and the Lord has laid all our sins on him.

Isaiah 65:6

“Look! It is written in front of me. I will not be silent, but I will repay. I will repay you in full.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The human mind is the most deceitful of all things. It is incurable. No one can understand how deceitful it is.

Jeremiah 18:12

“But they will answer, ‘It’s useless! We’ll live the way we want to. We’ll go our own stubborn, evil ways.’

Jeremiah 8:6

I have paid attention and listened, but they weren’t honest. They don’t turn away from their wickedness and ask, “What have we done?” They go their own ways like horses charging into battle.

Ezekiel 20:41

When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered, I will accept you as if you were a pleasing sacrifice. Through you I will reveal myself as holy to the nations that are watching.

Leviticus 1:13

Wash the internal organs and legs. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:17

Then pull on the bird’s wings to tear the bird open, but don’t pull the wings off. Then the priest will lay the bird on the wood burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.”

Leviticus 1:9

Wash the internal organs and legs. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 26:31

I will make your cities deserted and ruin your sacred places. I will no longer accept the soothing aroma from your sacrifices.

Leviticus 4:31

He will remove all the fat the same way it is removed from the fellowship offering. The priest will burn it on the altar for a soothing aroma to the Lord. So the priest will make peace with the Lord for that person, and that person will be forgiven.

Leviticus 8:28

Then he took them from their hands and burned them on top of the burnt offering on the altar. These were ordination offerings, offerings by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Numbers 15:3

you may bring offerings by fire to the Lord. They may be burnt offerings or any other kind of sacrifice. They may be offered to fulfill a vow, as a freewill offering, or as one of your festival offerings. They may be cattle, sheep, or goats—offerings that are a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Matthew 15:19

Evil thoughts, murder, adultery, ⌞other⌟ sexual sins, stealing, lying, and cursing come from within.

John 3:6

Flesh and blood give birth to flesh and blood, but the Spirit gives birth to things that are spiritual.

Romans 1:21

They knew God but did not praise and thank him for being God. Instead, their thoughts were pointless, and their misguided minds were plunged into darkness.

Romans 3:23

Because all people have sinned, they have fallen short of God’s glory.

2 Corinthians 2:15

To God we are the aroma of Christ among those who are saved and among those who are dying.

Ephesians 5:2

Live in love as Christ also loved us. He gave his life for us as an offering and sacrifice, a soothing aroma to God.

Philippians 4:18

You have paid me in full, and I have more than enough. Now that Epaphroditus has brought me your gifts, you have filled my needs. Your gifts are a soothing aroma, a sacrifice that God accepts and with which he is pleased.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

1 Samuel 26:19

Your Majesty, please listen to my words. If the Lord has turned you against me, let him be satisfied with an offering. But if mere mortals ⌞have turned you against me⌟, let them be cursed by the Lord. They have prevented me from having a share of the Lord’s inheritance. ‘Go and serve other gods,’ they tell me.