Genesis 6:12
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And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
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The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”