Genesis 6:7

And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Cross-references

In Genesis 6:17, God specifies the floodwaters as the method for the destruction decreed here, detailing the means of judgment.

Genesis 7:4 Parallel

In Genesis 7:4, God provides the timing for the flood, seven days hence, specifying when the promised destruction will begin.

In Genesis 7:21, the flood destroys all life as decreed, confirming the realization of God's announced judgment.

Jeremiah 4:23-26 uses nearly identical desolation imagery—'without form and void'—to prophesy judgment, directly recalling the Flood.

Zephaniah 1:3 promises to sweep away man and beast—explicitly mirroring the Flood's judgment on corrupted creation.

Hosea 4:3 Parallel

Hosea 4:3 warns the land mourns due to sin—presenting a moral cause for cosmic judgment, as with the Flood.

Jeremiah 12:4 asks if judgment extends to the land and animals—directly addressing the Flood's comprehensive scope.

Psalm 37:20 Parallel

Psalm 37:20 states the wicked perish like smoke—echoing the Flood's destruction but applied generally to the unrighteous.

Ezekiel 14:13 is God threatening to cut off people and animals for a nation's unfaithfulness — echoing the same divine judgment pattern of destroying human and animal life for sin.

Psalm 33:6 Contrast

In Psalm 33:6, God's creative word is highlighted, contrasting with the destructive decree here where He regrets making His creation.

In Jeremiah 21:6, God's judgment on a city includes both people and animals, mirroring the widespread destruction decreed for the flood.

In Jeremiah 45:4, God promises to overthrow what He built, reflecting the same divine reversal seen in the decision to destroy His creation.

Amos 9:8 Contrast

Amos 9:8 shows God destroying a sinful nation yet promising not to totally destroy Jacob. Unlike the near-total flood, a remnant is preserved.

Job 10:8 Parallel

In Job 10:8, Job questions if God will destroy him, the one He made, mirroring the theme of God destroying His creation here.

Romans 3:12 Parallel

Romans 3:12 declares all have turned away, none do good. This universal corruption reflects the same moral condition that provoked God's judgment in the flood.

Psalm 90:3 Parallel

In Psalm 90:3, God decrees mortality by turning people to dust, a broader application of the judgment seen in the flood decree.

Proverbs 10:27 says the Lord prolongs days of the righteous, not the wicked—adding a contrast to the universal judgment here.

Psalm 24:1 Contrast

Psalm 24:1 declares the earth and all in it belong to the LORD — standing in tension with His resolve to blot out those same creatures.