Genesis 8:21
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21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(A) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(B) because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(C) And never again will I destroy(D) all living creatures,(E) as I have done.
Footnotes
- Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for
2 Corinthians 2:15
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15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma(A) of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.(B)
Ephesians 5:2
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2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(A) and gave himself up for us(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(C)
Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
Isaiah 54:9-10
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9 “To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(A)
So now I have sworn(B) not to be angry(C) with you,
never to rebuke(D) you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken(E)
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love(F) for you will not be shaken(G)
nor my covenant(H) of peace(I) be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion(J) on you.
Genesis 6:5
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5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(A) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(B)
Philippians 4:18
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18 I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus(A) the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant(B) offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
Ezekiel 20:41
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41 I will accept you as fragrant incense(A) when I bring you out from the nations and gather(B) you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy(C) through you in the sight of the nations.(D)
2 Peter 3:6-7
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6 By these waters also the world of that time(A) was deluged and destroyed.(B) 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(C) being kept for the day of judgment(D) and destruction of the ungodly.
Romans 3:23
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23 for all have sinned(A) and fall short of the glory of God,
Matthew 15:19
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19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(A)
Leviticus 1:13
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13 You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water,(A) and the priest is to bring all of them and burn them(B) on the altar.(C) It is a burnt offering,(D) a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
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