12 And God (A)saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, (B)for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

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God looks down from heaven
    on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand,[a]
    who seek after God.

They have all fallen away;
    together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
    not even one.

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  1. Psalm 53:2 Or who act wisely

if he did not spare the ancient world, but (A)preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought (B)a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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(A)The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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The Fool Says, There Is No God

To the choirmaster. Of David.

14 (A)The (B)fool says in his heart, (C)“There is no God.”
    They are (D)corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
    (E)there is none who does good.

The Lord (F)looks down from heaven on the children of man,
    to see if there are any who understand,[a]
    who (G)seek after God.

They have all turned aside; together they have become (H)corrupt;
    there is none who does good,
    not even one.

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  1. Psalm 14:2 Or that act wisely

15 Will you keep to the old way
    that wicked men have trod?
16 They were snatched away (A)before their time;
    their foundation was washed away.[a]
17 They said to God, (B)‘Depart from us,’
    and (C)‘What can the Almighty do to us?’[b]

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  1. Job 22:16 Or their foundation was poured out as a stream (or river)
  2. Job 22:17 Hebrew them

19 in which[a] he went and (A)proclaimed[b] to the spirits in prison, 20 because[c] they formerly did not obey, (B)when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, (C)while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, (D)eight persons, were brought safely through water.

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  1. 1 Peter 3:19 Or the Spirit, in whom
  2. 1 Peter 3:19 Or preached
  3. 1 Peter 3:20 Or when

13 The Lord (A)looks down from heaven;
    he sees all the children of man;
14 from (B)where he sits enthroned he (C)looks out
    on all the inhabitants of the earth,

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27     He sings before men and says:
‘I (A)sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not repaid to me.

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Then the Lord said to Noah, (A)“Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that (B)you are righteous before me in this generation.

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But Noah (A)found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

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The Nephilim[a] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

(A)The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (B)intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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  1. Genesis 6:4 Or giants

21 (A)I will go down to see whether they have done altogether[a] according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, (B)I will know.”

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  1. Genesis 18:21 Or they deserve destruction; Hebrew they have made a complete end

16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember (A)the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

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12 And God said, (A)“This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:

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21 And (A)all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.

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