Genesis 6:13
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13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.(A)
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Genesis 7:11
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11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.(A)
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Sirach 39:25
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25 From the beginning good things were created for the good
but for sinners good things and bad.[a](A)
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- 39.25 Heb Lat: Gk sinners bad things
Sirach 39:29
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29 Fire and hail and famine and pestilence—
all these have been created for vengeance;(A)
Sirach 39:30
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30 the fangs of wild animals and scorpions and vipers
and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction.(A)
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