Sirach 44:17

Noah was found perfect and righteous. In the season of wrath, he kept the race alive. Therefore a remnant was left on the earth when the flood came.

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Noah was found perfect and righteous. In the season of wrath, he kept the race alive. Therefore a remnant was left on the earth when the flood came.
KJV King James Version

Noah was found perfect and righteous; in the time of wrath he was taken in exchange for the world; therefore was he left as a remnant unto the earth, when the flood came.

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Has there ever been a just person? Ecclesiastes 7:20 flatly denies there is any just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

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