Wisdom 14:6
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6 For of old, when the proud giants were being destroyed,
the hope of the universe, who took refuge on a raft,[a]
left to the world a future for the human family, under the guidance of your hand.
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- 14:6 Noah.
1 Peter 3:20
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20 who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water.(A)
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2 Peter 2:5
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5 [a]and if he did not spare the ancient world, even though he preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, together with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the godless world;(A)
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- 2:5–10a Although God did not spare the sinful, he kept and saved the righteous, such as Noah (2 Pt 2:5) and Lot (2 Pt 2:7), and he knows how to rescue the devout (2 Pt 2:9), who are contrasted with the false teachers of the author’s day. On Noah, cf. Gn 5:32–9:29, especially 7:1. On Lot, cf. Gn 13 and 19.
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