Genesis 6:3
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”Genesis 6:3
What Does Genesis 6:3 Mean?
Genesis 6:3 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 6, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 6:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Nehemiah 9:30“Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.”Isaiah 63:10“But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.”1 Peter 3:18“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”Jeremiah 11:11“Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.”Galatians 5:16“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”Psalms 51:11“Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.”Psalms 78:39“For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.”Ephesians 4:30“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”1 Peter 3:20“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”Acts 7:51“Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.”1 Thessalonians 5:19“Quench not the Spirit.”Romans 8:1“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”Numbers 11:17“And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.”John 3:6“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”Isaiah 5:4“What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?”Isaiah 57:16“For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.”Jeremiah 11:7“For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.”Jude 1:14“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,”Psalms 81:12“So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.”Proverbs 1:28“Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:”
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