Genesis 6:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took to wife such of them as they chose.

Nehemiah 9:30

Many years thou didst bear with them, and didst warn them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; yet they would not give ear. Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Psalm 78:39

He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.

Psalm 90:10

The years of our life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

Isaiah 5:4

What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend for ever, nor will I always be angry; for from me proceeds the spirit, and I have made the breath of life.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing evil upon them which they cannot escape; though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 11:7

For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, Obey my voice.

Numbers 11:17

And I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take some of the spirit which is upon you and put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.

1 Thessalonians 5:19

Do not quench the Spirit,