2 Peter 3:5-6

The Day of the Lord Will Come

⁵ For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth _n was formed out of water and through water _o by the word of God, ⁶ and that by means of these the world that then existed _p was deluged with water and _q perished.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 24:2
   For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
   Psalms 136:6
   To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 1:6
   And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.
   Genesis 1:9
   And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
   Psalms 33:6
   By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
   Hebrews 11:3
   By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Peter 2:5
   If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 7:11
   In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
   Genesis 7:21
   And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.