God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.
But Noah found favour in the LORD’s eyes.
The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
The LORD’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a proclaimer of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,