2 Peter 2:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;

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  • Jude 1:10 : 10 But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.
  • Jer 12:3 : 3 But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.
  • Ezek 21:31 : 31 And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.
  • John 8:21 : 21 Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.
  • Gal 6:8 : 8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
  • 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
  • Ps 49:10 : 10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
  • Jer 5:4 : 4 Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.
  • Jer 10:21 : 21 For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so they have not done wisely and all their flocks have been put to flight.

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  • Jude 1:10-13
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    10 But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.

    11 A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.

    12 These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

    13 Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

  • 2 Pet 2:13-15
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    13 For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;

    14 Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;

    15 Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;

  • 2 Pet 2:10-11
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    10 But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:

    11 Though the angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not make use of violent language against them before the Lord.

  • Jude 1:7-8
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    7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

    8 In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.

  • 2 Pet 2:17-20
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    17 These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

    18 For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

    19 Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.

    20 For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.

  • 2 Pet 2:2-4
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    2 And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.

    3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

    4 For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • Rom 1:22-24
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    22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

    23 And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

    24 For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

  • 2 Pet 3:16
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    16 And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

  • Rom 1:31-32
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    31 Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:

    32 Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.

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    7 For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

  • Nah 1:10
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    10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

  • 2 Pet 2:22
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    22 They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.

  • 2 Tim 2:16-17
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    16 But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

    17 And their words will be like poisoned wounds in the flesh: such are Hymenaeus and Philetus;

  • Jude 1:19
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    19 These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit.

  • Jude 1:15-16
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    15 To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

    16 These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

  • 2 Tim 3:9
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    9 But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.

  • Rom 1:28-29
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    28 And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

    29 Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

  • 2 Tim 3:3
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    3 Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,

  • Titus 1:11
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    11 By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.

  • Eph 4:19
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    19 Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

  • Jude 1:4
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    4 For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

  • Job 4:20
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    20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

  • 2 Thess 1:8
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    8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

  • 2 Tim 3:6
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    6 For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,

  • Rom 3:16
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    16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways;

  • Titus 1:16
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    16 They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

  • Rom 1:26
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    26 For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:

  • Rom 2:2
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    2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

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    3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

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    19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails: because their tails are like snakes, and have heads, and with them they give wounds.