The Deluge
29 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
25 sections
- (Unexpectedness of) Suddenness of Christ's Coming
- Called The: Flood
- Called The: Waters of Noah
- Came Suddenly and Unexpectedly
- Causes of Its Abatement
- Complete Destruction of Whole Earth Effected By
- Date of Its Commencement
- Date of Its Complete Removal
- Decrease of Gradual
- Entire Face of the Earth Changed By
- Extreme Height of
- Increased Gradually
- Noah Forewarned of
- Noah, Saved From
- Patience of God Exhibited in Deferring
- Produced by Forty Days' Incessant Rain
- Produced by Opening up of the Fountains of the Great Deep
- Sent As a Punishment for the Extreme Wickedness of Man
- That It Shall Never Again Occur: A Pledge of God's Faithfulness
- That It Shall Never Again Occur: Confirmed by Covenant
- That It Shall Never Again Occur: Promised
- That It Shall Never Again Occur: The Rainbow a Token
- The Wicked Warned of
- Time of Its Increase and Prevailing
- Traditional Notice of
(Unexpectedness of) Suddenness of Christ's Coming
- Matthew 24:36–39 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. …
- Luke 17:26–30 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: …
Called The: Flood
- Genesis 9:28 After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
Called The: Waters of Noah
- Isaiah 54:9 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
Came Suddenly and Unexpectedly
- Matthew 24:38–39 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. …
Causes of Its Abatement
- Genesis 8:1–2 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside. …
Complete Destruction of Whole Earth Effected By
- Genesis 7:23 And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed — man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
Date of Its Commencement
- Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Date of Its Complete Removal
- Genesis 8:13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Decrease of Gradual
- Genesis 8:3 The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
- Genesis 8:5 And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
Entire Face of the Earth Changed By
- 2 Peter 3:5–6 But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water, …
Extreme Height of
- Genesis 7:19–20 Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered. …
Increased Gradually
- Genesis 7:17–18 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth. …
Noah Forewarned of
- Genesis 6:13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
- Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Noah, Saved From
- Genesis 6:18–22 But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark — you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. …
- Genesis 7:13–14 On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons — …
Patience of God Exhibited in Deferring
- Genesis 6:3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
- 1 Peter 3:20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
Produced by Forty Days' Incessant Rain
- Genesis 7:4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
- Genesis 7:12 And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
- Genesis 7:17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
Produced by Opening up of the Fountains of the Great Deep
- Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Sent As a Punishment for the Extreme Wickedness of Man
- Genesis 6:5–7 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. …
- Genesis 6:11–13 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. …
- Genesis 6:17 And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
That It Shall Never Again Occur: A Pledge of God's Faithfulness
- Isaiah 54:9–10 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. …
That It Shall Never Again Occur: Confirmed by Covenant
- Genesis 9:9–11 “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you, …
That It Shall Never Again Occur: Promised
- Genesis 8:21–22 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living …
That It Shall Never Again Occur: The Rainbow a Token
- Genesis 9:12–17 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: …
The Wicked Warned of
- 1 Peter 3:19–20 in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison …
- 2 Peter 2:5 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;
Time of Its Increase and Prevailing
- Genesis 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
Traditional Notice of
- Job 22:15–17 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.