Genesis 8:21

Good News Translation

The odor of the sacrifice pleased the Lord, and he said to himself, “Never again will I put the earth under a curse because of what people do; I know that from the time they are young their thoughts are evil. Never again will I destroy all living beings, as I have done this time.

Cross References

Genesis 3:17

And he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you.

Genesis 4:12

If you try to grow crops, the soil will not produce anything; you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 5:29

and said, “From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work”; so he named him Noah.

Genesis 6:13

God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.

Genesis 6:17

I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die,

Genesis 6:5

When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,

Genesis 6:7

that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.”

Job 14:4

Nothing clean can ever come from anything as unclean as human beings.

Psalm 51:5

I have been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.

Psalm 58:3

Evildoers go wrong all their lives; they tell lies from the day they are born.

Psalm 58:4

They are full of poison like snakes; they stop up their ears like a deaf cobra,

Exodus 29:18

Burn the whole ram on the altar as a food offering. The odor of this offering pleases me.

Exodus 29:25

Then take it from them and burn it on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, as a food offering to me. The odor of this offering pleases me.

Proverbs 20:9

Can anyone really say that his conscience is clear, that he has gotten rid of his sin?

Ecclesiastes 7:20

There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.

Isaiah 47:12

Keep all your magic spells and charms; you have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you; perhaps you can frighten your enemies.

Isaiah 47:15

That is all the good they will do you— those astrologers you've consulted all your life. They all will leave you and go their own way, and none will be left to save you.”

Isaiah 48:8

I knew that you couldn't be trusted, that you have always been known as a rebel. That is why you never heard of this at all, why no word of it ever came to your ears.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us were like sheep that were lost, each of us going his own way. But the Lord made the punishment fall on him, the punishment all of us deserved.

Isaiah 65:6

“I have already decided on their punishment, and their sentence is written down. I will not overlook what they have done, but will repay them

Jeremiah 17:9

“Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

Jeremiah 18:12

They will answer, ‘No, why should we? We will all be just as stubborn and evil as we want to be.’”

Jeremiah 8:6

I listened carefully, but you did not speak the truth. Not one of you has been sorry for your wickedness; not one of you has asked, ‘What have I done wrong?’ Each of you keep on going your own way, like a horse rushing into battle.

Ezekiel 20:41

After I bring you out of the countries where you have been scattered and gather you together, I will accept the sacrifices that you burn, and the nations will see that I am holy.

Leviticus 1:13

You must wash the internal organs and the hind legs, and the priest will present the sacrifice to the Lord and burn all of it on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:17

He shall take hold of its wings and tear its body open, without tearing the wings off, and then burn it whole on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:9

You must wash the internal organs and the hind legs, and the officiating priest will burn the whole sacrifice on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord.

Leviticus 26:31

I will turn your cities into ruins, destroy your places of worship, and refuse to accept your sacrifices.

Leviticus 4:31

Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat is removed from the animals killed for the fellowship offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar as an odor pleasing to the Lord. In this way the priest shall offer the sacrifice for the man's sin, and he will be forgiven.

Leviticus 8:28

Then Moses took the food from them and burned it on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, as an ordination offering. This was a food offering, and its odor was pleasing to the Lord.

Numbers 15:3

A bull, a ram, a sheep, or a goat may be presented to the Lord as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice in fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering or as an offering at your regular religious festivals; the odor of these food offerings is pleasing to the Lord.

Matthew 15:19

For from your heart come the evil ideas which lead you to kill, commit adultery, and do other immoral things; to rob, lie, and slander others.

John 3:6

A person is born physically of human parents, but is born spiritually of the Spirit.

Romans 1:21

They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness.

Romans 3:23

everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are like a sweet-smelling incense offered by Christ to God, which spreads among those who are being saved and those who are being lost.

Ephesians 5:2

Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.

Philippians 4:18

Here, then, is my receipt for everything you have given me—and it has been more than enough! I have all I need now that Epaphroditus has brought me all your gifts. They are like a sweet-smelling offering to God, a sacrifice which is acceptable and pleasing to him.

1 John 5:19

We know that we belong to God even though the whole world is under the rule of the Evil One.

1 Samuel 26:19

Your Majesty, listen to what I have to say. If it is the Lord who has turned you against me, an offering to him will make him change his mind; but if some people have done it, may the Lord's curse fall on them. For they have driven me out from the Lord's land to a country where I can only worship foreign gods.