50 Bible Verses about Floods
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I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die,
Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!
For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.
"Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.
and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,
For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.
Let the rivers clap their hands! Let the mountains sing in unison
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 open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
The Lord sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the Lord sits enthroned as the eternal king.
"As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah's time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah's flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.
There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.
The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.
For this is what the Lord says: "Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.
They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.
I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth."
The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.
The waves roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.
For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.
People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage -- right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
So God said to Noah, "I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.
If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.
You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.
For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.
But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.
and sent out a raven; it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.
-- since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened -- so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.
And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.
Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.
The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.
"Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?
Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood,
This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.
The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.
For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.
When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"
"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.
When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
