Genesis 6:6

New Century Version

He was sorry he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.

Cross References

Genesis 6:7

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

2 Samuel 24:16

When the angel raised his arm toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord felt very sorry about the terrible things that had happened. He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “That is enough! Put down your arm!” The angel of the Lord was then by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:15

God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but when the angel started to destroy it, the Lord saw it and felt very sorry about the terrible things that had happened. So he said to the angel who was destroying, “That is enough! Put down your arm!” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Psalm 106:45

He remembered his agreement with them, and he felt sorry for them because of his great love.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has made a promise and will not change his mind. He said, “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.”

Psalm 119:158

I see those traitors, and I hate them, because they do not obey what you say.

Psalm 78:40

They turned against God so often in the desert and grieved him there.

Psalm 81:13

I wish my people would listen to me; I wish Israel would live my way.

Psalm 95:10

I was angry with those people for forty years. I said, ‘They are not loyal to me and have not understood my ways.’

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord changed his mind and did not destroy the people as he had said he might.

Isaiah 48:18

If you had obeyed me, you would have had peace like a full-flowing river. Good things would have flowed to you like the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 63:10

But they turned against him and made his Holy Spirit very sad. So he became their enemy, and he fought against them.

Jeremiah 18:7

There may come a time when I will speak about a nation or a kingdom that I will pull up by its roots or that I will pull down to destroy it.

Jeremiah 26:19

“Hezekiah king of Judah and the people of Judah did not kill Micah. You know that Hezekiah feared the Lord and tried to please the Lord. So the Lord changed his mind and did not bring on Judah the disaster he had promised. If we hurt Jeremiah, we will bring a terrible disaster on ourselves!”

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them: ‘The Lord God says: As surely as I live, I do not want any who are wicked to die. I want them to stop doing evil and live. Stop! Stop your wicked ways! You don’t want to die, do you, people of Israel?’

Hosea 11:8

“Israel, how can I give you up? How can I give you away, Israel? I don’t want to make you like Admah or treat you like Zeboiim. My heart beats for you, and my love for you stirs up my pity.

Joel 2:13

Tearing your clothes is not enough to show you are sad; let your heart be broken. Come back to the Lord your God, because he is kind and shows mercy. He doesn’t become angry quickly, and he has great love. He can change his mind about doing harm.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw what the people did, that they stopped doing evil, he changed his mind and did not do what he had warned. He did not punish them.

Malachi 3:6

“I the Lord do not change. So you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being, and he will not lie. He is not a human, and he does not change his mind. What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he makes come true.

Romans 11:29

God never changes his mind about the people he calls and the things he gives them.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not make the Holy Spirit sad. The Spirit is God’s proof that you belong to him. God gave you the Spirit to show that God will make you free when the final day comes.

Deuteronomy 32:29

I wish they were wise and understood this; I wish they could see what will happen to them.

Deuteronomy 32:36

The Lord will defend his people and have mercy on his servants. He will see that their strength is gone, that nobody is left, slaves or free.

Deuteronomy 5:29

I wish their hearts would always respect me and that they would always obey my commands so that things would go well for them and their children forever!

Hebrews 3:10

I was angry with them. I said, ‘They are not loyal to me and have not understood my ways.’

Hebrews 3:17

And with whom was God angry for forty years? He was angry with those who sinned, who died in the desert.

James 1:17

Every good action and every perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Creator of the sun, moon, and stars, who does not change like their shifting shadows.

1 Samuel 15:11

“I am sorry I made Saul king, because he has stopped following me and has not obeyed my commands.” Samuel was upset, and he cried out to the Lord all night long.

1 Samuel 15:29

The Lord is the Eternal One of Israel. He does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being, so he does not change his mind.

1 Samuel 15:35

And Samuel never saw Saul again the rest of his life, but he was sad for Saul. And the Lord was very sorry he had made Saul king of Israel.