2 Peter 3:5

New American Standard Bible 2020

For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

Cross References

Genesis 1:6

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:9

Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

Psalm 136:6

To Him who spread out the earth above the waters, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers.

Psalm 33:6

¶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their lights.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, When he has no sense?

Romans 1:28

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper,

Colossians 1:17

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

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible.