Genesis 6:13

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

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In The King James Version

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

In Context

12And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.

Jeremiah 51:13O you whose living-place is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil profit is ended.

Hosea 4:1Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.

Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

2 Peter 3:6And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:12-13

Depravity of the World. ( b. c. 2448.) 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah's piety—he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of God's resolution to destroy the world, which he was now about to communicate to his servant Noah. 1.… Read the whole commentary →

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