Genesis 7:23

New Living Translation

God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.

Cross References

Genesis 6:17

“Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

Genesis 8:18

So Noah, his wife, and his sons and their wives left the boat.

Job 5:19

From six disasters he will rescue you; even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.

Psalm 91:1

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 91:7

Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.

Matthew 25:46

“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”

Hebrews 11:7

It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.

1 Peter 3:20

those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.

2 Peter 2:5

And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.

2 Peter 2:9

So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.

2 Peter 3:6

Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.