Genesis 6:7

New American Bible - revised edition

So the Lord said: I will wipe out from the earth the human beings I have created, and not only the human beings, but also the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air, for I regret that I made them.

Cross References

Genesis 6:6

the Lord regretted making human beings on the earth, and his heart was grieved.

Genesis 7:21

All creatures that moved on earth perished: birds, tame animals, wild animals, and all that teemed on the earth, as well as all humankind.

Genesis 7:4

For seven days from now I will bring rain down on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and so I will wipe out from the face of the earth every being that I have made.

Genesis 8:21

When the Lord smelled the sweet odor, the Lord said to himself: Never again will I curse the ground because of human beings, since the desires of the human heart are evil from youth; nor will I ever again strike down every living being, as I have done.

Psalm 37:20

The wicked perish, enemies of the Lord; They shall be consumed like fattened lambs; like smoke they disappear.

Proverbs 10:27

Fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has made everything for a purpose, even the wicked for the evil day.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs wither, they shall be broken off; and women shall come to kindle fires with them. For this is not an understanding people; therefore their maker shall not spare them; their creator shall not be gracious to them.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land dries up, and everything that dwells in it languishes: The beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and even the fish of the sea perish.

Amos 7:3

The Lord relented concerning this. “This shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Amos 7:6

The Lord relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. On the day of the Lord’s wrath, in the fire of his passion, all the earth will be consumed. For he will make an end, yes, a sudden end, of all who live on the earth.

Zephaniah 1:2

I will completely sweep away all things from the face of the land—oracle of the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:3

I will sweep away human being and beast alike, I will sweep away the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea. I will make the wicked stumble; I will eliminate the people from the face of the land—oracle of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 28:63

Just as the Lord once took delight in making you prosper and grow, so will the Lord now take delight in ruining and destroying you, and you will be plucked out of the land you are now entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 29:20

The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for doom, in keeping with all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law. Punishment for Idolatry.

1 Samuel 15:11

I regret having made Saul king, for he has turned from me and has not kept my command. At this Samuel grew angry and cried out to the Lord all night.