2 Peter 3:5

New American Bible - revised edition

They deliberately ignore the fact that the heavens existed of old and earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God;

Cross References

Genesis 1:6

Then God said: Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other.

Genesis 1:9

Then God said: Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear. And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared.

Psalm 136:6

Who spread the earth upon the waters, for his mercy endures forever;

Psalm 24:2

For he founded it on the seas, established it over the rivers.

Psalm 33:6

By the Lord’s word the heavens were made; by the breath of his mouth all their host.

Proverbs 17:16

Of what use is money in the hands of fools when they have no heart to acquire wisdom?

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper.

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible.