2 Peter 2:9

American Standard Version (1901)

the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

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  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
  • Ps 34:15-19 : 15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry. 16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 [ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles. 18 Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  • Jude 1:14-15 : 14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that [hour] which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
  • Prov 16:4 : 4 Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • 2 Cor 5:10-11 : 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad. 11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
  • Ps 12:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David]. Help, Jehovah; For the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.
  • Ps 4:3 : 3 But know that Jehovah hath set apart for himself him that is godly: Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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  • 2 Pet 2:4-8
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    4For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

    5and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

    6and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;

    7and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked

    8(for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] lawless deeds):

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • 2 Pet 2:10
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    10but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

  • Rom 2:2-6
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    2And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.

    3And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

    4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

    5but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

    6who will render to every man according to his works:

  • 2 Pet 3:7
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    7but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

  • Jude 1:15
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    15to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

  • Prov 11:6
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    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    5[ which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

    6if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,

  • 2 Thess 1:8-9
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    8rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

    9who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

  • Jude 1:23-24
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    23and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

    24Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,

  • Jude 1:4-6
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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.

    5Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

    6And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

  • 1 Pet 4:18
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    18And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?

  • 2 Tim 2:19
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    19Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.

  • 2 Thess 3:3
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    3But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil [one] .

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Rom 2:8
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    8but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation,

  • Prov 2:8
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    8That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

  • Titus 2:12
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    12instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

  • Prov 11:8
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    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

  • 2 Pet 3:17
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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.

  • 1 Tim 1:9
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    9as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

  • 1 Pet 5:9
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    9whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

  • Ps 34:19
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    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.

  • 2 Pet 3:9
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    9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;

  • Ps 37:18
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    18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall be for ever.

  • 2 Thess 2:12
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    12that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Ps 7:11
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    11God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

  • Ps 11:5
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    5Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.