Genesis 11:6
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6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 Young people,[a] it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
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- 11:9 Hebrew Young man.
Genesis 11:1
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The Tower of Babel
11 At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.
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Genesis 3:22
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22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings[a] have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
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- 3:22 Or the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.
Luke 1:51
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51 His mighty arm has done tremendous things!
He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.
Genesis 6:5
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5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.
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Acts 17:26
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26 From one man[a] he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.
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- 17:26 Greek From one; other manuscripts read From one blood.
Psalm 2:1-4
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Psalm 2
1 Why are the nations so angry?
Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
2 The kings of the earth prepare for battle;
the rulers plot together
against the Lord
and against his anointed one.
3 “Let us break their chains,” they cry,
“and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
4 But the one who rules in heaven laughs.
The Lord scoffs at them.
1 Kings 18:27
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27 About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You’ll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself.[a] Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”
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- 18:27 Or is busy somewhere else, or is engaged in business.
Judges 10:14
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14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!”
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Genesis 9:19
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19 From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.
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Genesis 8:21
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21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.
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