Genesis 7:1

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Genesis 7:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

2 You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

3 and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

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Genesis 7:7

And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

Genesis 7:13

On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

Job 5:19

He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

Job 5:20

In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

Job 5:21

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

Job 5:22

You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

Job 5:23

For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

Job 5:24

You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

Psalms 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 91:2

I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Psalms 91:3

Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.

Psalms 91:4

He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

Psalms 91:5

You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

Psalms 91:6

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.

Psalms 91:7

Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.

Psalms 91:8

You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

Psalms 91:9

Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—

Psalms 91:10

no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.

Proverbs 14:26

He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

Isaiah 26:20

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

Isaiah 26:21

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Ezekiel 9:4

“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

Ezekiel 9:5

And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!

Ezekiel 9:6

Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Matthew 24:37

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:38

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

Matthew 24:39

And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Luke 17:26

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:

Acts 2:39

This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

1 Peter 3:20

who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

2 Peter 2:5

if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

Genesis 6:9

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

Psalms 33:18

Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

Psalms 33:19

to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Proverbs 10:9

He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

Proverbs 11:7

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

Philippians 2:16

as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

2 Peter 2:6

if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

2 Peter 2:7

and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

2 Peter 2:8

(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

2 Peter 2:9

if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.