Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, "Never again will I curse the ground because of human beings, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. Never again will I strike down every living creature, as I have done.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Of the fellowship which the saints have with Jesus Christ the Son of God cites Gen. viii. 21
…savour, Cant. i. 3. A sweet savour expresses that which is acceptable and delightful, Gen. viii. 21. He is also “the lily of the valleys;” that of all flowers is the most eminent in beauty…
- Communion with God ·
Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites Gen. viii. 21
…as God is said to smell a sweet savour from the grace and obedience of his servants (Gen. viii. 21, the Lord smelled a savour of rest from the sacrifice of Noah), so do the saints smell a…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the Second cites Gen. viii. 21
…asserts, ‘that it cannot will any thing good.’ Sect. CXIV. — ANOTHER passage is that of Gen. viii. 21, “The thought and imagination of man’s heart, is evil from his youth.” And that also Gen.…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Ninth Stage cites Gen. 8:21
…Gen. 6:5; Rom. 3. And again, “The imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth.” Gen. 8:21. Now, then, when we think thus of ourselves, having sense thereof, then are our thoughts…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 2 — Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved cites Gen. 8:21
…declares, by Moses, that “every imagination of man’s heart is only evil continually?” (Gen. 8:21). Since the blunder has thus arisen from an erroneous view of a single passage, it seems…
- The Big Story ·
Floods and Towers cites Genesis 8:21
…because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth” (Genesis 8:21). Read that carefully. The flood washed the earth, but it did not wash the human heart.…