Genesis 6:8

In contrast to the coming judgment, Noah finds favor (grace) in God's eyes. This is the first mention of grace in the Bible.

Cross-references · 19

• Heb 4:16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
• Gen 19:19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
• Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Luke 1:30And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
• Ps 145:20The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
• Titus 2:11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
• Prov 3:4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
• 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• Exod 33:12–17And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
• Acts 7:46Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
• Prov 12:2A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
• Rom 4:4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
• 2 Pet 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
• Prov 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
• Jer 31:2Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
• Gal 1:15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
• Rom 11:6And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
• 2 Tim 1:18The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
• Titus 3:7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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