Genesis 6:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.

Cross References

2 Peter 2:5

And God punished the evil people who lived long ago. He brought a flood to the world that was full of people who were against God. But he saved Noah and seven other people with him. Noah was a man who told people about living right.

Genesis 7:4

Seven days from now, I will send much rain on the earth. It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe everything off the face of the earth. I will destroy everything I made.”

1 Peter 3:20

Those were the spirits who refused to obey God long ago in the time of Noah. God was waiting patiently for people while Noah was building the big boat. And only a few—eight in all—were saved in the boat through the floodwater.

Hebrews 11:7

Noah was warned by God about things that he could not yet see. But he had faith and respect for God, so he built a large boat to save his family. With his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong. And he became one of those who are made right with God through faith.

Psalm 107:34

He made the fertile land become salty, because the people living there did such evil things.

Amos 9:6

He built his upper rooms above the skies. He put his skies over the earth. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out as rain on the land. YAHWEH is his name.

Psalm 29:10

The Lord ruled as king at the time of the flood, and the Lord will rule as king forever.

Romans 6:23

When people sin, they earn what sin pays—death. But God gives his people a free gift—eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 5:21

Sin once used death to rule us. But God gave us more of his grace so that grace could rule by making us right with him. And this brings us eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Luke 17:27

People were eating, drinking, and getting married even on the day when Noah entered the boat. Then the flood came and killed them all.

Hosea 5:14

I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the nation of Judah. I—yes, I myself—will rip them to pieces. I will carry them away, and no one can save them.

Ezekiel 34:20

So the Lord GOD says to them: “I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep!

Ezekiel 34:11

The Lord GOD says, “I myself will be their Shepherd. I will search for my sheep and take care of them.

Ezekiel 6:3

Tell them this: ‘Mountains of Israel, listen to this message from the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the hills and mountains and to the ravines and valleys: Look! I am bringing the enemy to fight against you. I will destroy your high places.

Ezekiel 5:8

So the Lord GOD says, “So now, even I am against you! I will punish you while those other people watch.

Isaiah 54:9

“Remember, in Noah’s time I punished the world with the flood. But I made a promise to Noah that I would never again destroy the world with water. In the same way, I promise that I will never again be angry with you and say bad things to you.

Isaiah 51:12

The Lord says, “I am the one who comforts you. So why should you be afraid of people? They are only humans who live and die like the grass.

Job 22:16

They were destroyed before it was their time to die. They were washed away by the flood.

Deuteronomy 32:39

“‘Now, see that I, and only I, am God! There is no other God! I put people to death, and I let people live. I can hurt people, and I can make them well. No one can save another person from my power!

Leviticus 26:28

then I will really show my anger! I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.

Exodus 14:17

I have made the Egyptians brave, so they will chase you. But I will show you that I am more powerful than Pharaoh and all of his horses and chariots.

Genesis 6:13

So God said to Noah, “Everyone has filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.

Genesis 6:7

So the Lord said, “I will destroy all the people I created on the earth. I will destroy every person and every animal and everything that crawls on the earth. And I will destroy all the birds in the air, because I am sorry that I have made them.”

Matthew 24:39

They knew nothing about what was happening until the flood came and destroyed them all. “It will be the same when the Son of Man comes.

Genesis 9:9

“I now make my promise to you and to your people who will live after you.

Genesis 7:17

Water flooded the earth for 40 days. The water began rising and lifted the boat off the ground.

Genesis 7:15

All these animals went into the boat with Noah. They came in groups of two from every kind of animal that had the breath of life.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and made a man. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living thing.

Genesis 6:16

Make a window for the boat about 1 cubit below the roof. Put a door in the side of the boat. Make three floors in the boat: a top deck, a middle deck, and a lower deck.