Reference

Genesis 9:11

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
9

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

10

And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

11

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

13

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Annihilation / Destruction

The verse explicitly states that there *will not* be a flood to destroy the earth, thus it describes the *prevention* of destruction, not destruction itself.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse explicitly states that "all flesh shall *not* be cut off any more by the waters of a flood," directly negating the idea of destruction in this context. It is a promise of non-destruction, not a description of destruction.