2 Peter 2:21

American Standard Version (1901)

For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

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  • Ezek 18:24 : 24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
  • Luke 12:47 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes] ;
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6 and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
  • Jas 4:17 : 17 To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
  • Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.
  • John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
  • 1 Thess 4:2 : 2 For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
  • Matt 11:23-24 : 23 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
  • Matt 21:32 : 32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.
  • Ezek 23:13 : 13 And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.
  • Ps 36:3-4 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good. 4 He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
  • Prov 12:28 : 28 In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

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    18For, uttering great swelling [words] of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;

    19promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

    20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

  • 2 Pet 2:22
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    22It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.

  • Job 34:27
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    27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

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    16They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  • Heb 6:6
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    6and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

  • 2 Pet 2:14-15
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    14having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;

    15forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;

  • Gal 4:9
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    9but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

  • Jas 4:17
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    17To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

  • Prov 2:13
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    13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

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    17Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

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    10But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed.

    11Woe unto them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.

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    6from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;

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    12having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

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    7ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

  • Heb 10:26
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    26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

  • 2 Pet 2:2
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    2And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.

  • Rom 1:28
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    28And even as they refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

  • 2 Tim 3:9
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    9But they shall proceed no further. For their folly shall be evident unto all men, as theirs also came to be.

  • Luke 17:2
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    2It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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    32For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

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    5holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

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    12that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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    21and turn ye not aside; for [then would ye go] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

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    18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.

  • Rom 1:21-22
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    21because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

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    19who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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    29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

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    4For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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    6and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.

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    17And the way of peace have they not known:

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    19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

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    21What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

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    13But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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    19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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    26When the righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth therein; in his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

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    22But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

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    10and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.