2 Peter 3:6

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Cross-reference

2 Peter 2:5 Parallel

2 Peter 2:5 also recounts the flood judgment on the ungodly, reinforcing the same historical event used as a warning here.

Genesis 7:10-23 provides the narrative of the global flood that destroyed the world, the precise event referenced here.

Genesis 9:15 contains God's covenant never to flood the earth again, contrasting with the destructive flood mentioned here.

Matthew 24:38 describes daily life before the flood, setting the stage for the sudden destruction this verse recalls.

Matthew 24:39 tells how the flood swept away the unaware, directly matching the deluge described here.

Luke 17:27 Parallel

Luke 17:27 describes people unaware until the flood destroyed them — the same sudden judgment Peter references as the world perishing by water.

Genesis 6:13 records God's announcement of the flood judgment — the very destruction Peter cites as the world that perished by water.

Genesis 7:19 details floodwaters covering the highest mountains — illustrating the complete submersion Peter mentions as the world perishing.

Genesis 7:23 describes total annihilation of all life by the flood — exactly the event Peter calls the world that perished by water.

Matthew 24:37 compares the days of Noah to the coming of the Son of Man — the same typology Peter uses in referencing the flood.

Luke 17:26 Parallel

Luke 17:27 records the flood's sudden destruction of all who were unaware — the very event Peter uses as an example of judgment by water.

Genesis 8:21 records God's promise after the flood never to destroy all life by water again — a contrast to Peter's use of that flood as a judgment pattern.

Hebrews 11:7 Historical context

Hebrews 11:7 shows Noah's faith saving his family while the world was condemned — the same flood judgment Peter refers to.