2 Peter 2:21

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For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

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  • Ezek 18:24 : 24 But if a righteous person turns away from their righteousness and commits sin, doing the same detestable things the wicked do, will they live? None of the righteous deeds they have done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.
  • Luke 12:47 : 47 That servant who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God again for themselves and subjecting Him to public disgrace.
  • Jas 4:17 : 17 So, if anyone knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
  • Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
  • John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
  • 1 Thess 4:2 : 2 For you know the commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
  • Matt 11:23-24 : 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.
  • Matt 21:32 : 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
  • Ezek 23:13 : 13 I saw that she too was defiled; both had followed the same corrupt path.
  • Ps 36:3-4 : 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated. 4 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
  • Prov 12:28 : 28 In the path of righteousness is life, and its pathway leads to immortality.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained in the way of righteousness.

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  • 2 Pet 2:18-20
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    18For they utter arrogant, empty words and entice those who are barely escaping from others living in error, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh and by debauchery.

    19They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.

    20For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

  • 2 Pet 2:22
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    22Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."

  • Job 34:27
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    27Because they turned away from following Him and did not regard any of His ways,

  • Titus 1:16
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    16They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

  • Heb 6:6
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    6if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God again for themselves and subjecting Him to public disgrace.

  • 2 Pet 2:14-15
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    14They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children.

    15They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.

  • Gal 4:9
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    9But now, having come to know God—or rather, having been known by God—how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, whose slaves you want to be once more?

  • Jas 4:17
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    17So, if anyone knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

  • Prov 2:13
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    13from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

  • 2 Pet 3:17
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    17Therefore, beloved, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own steadfastness.

  • Jude 1:10-11
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    10These people speak abusively about what they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct—like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.

    11Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, rushed headlong for profit into Balaam’s error, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

  • 1 Tim 1:6
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    6Some have departed from these and turned aside to meaningless talk.

  • 1 Tim 5:12
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    12and they bring judgment on themselves for breaking their first pledge.

  • 2 Tim 3:7
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    7Always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

  • Heb 10:26
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    26For if we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,

  • 2 Pet 2:2
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    2Many will follow their destructive ways, and because of them, the way of truth will be blasphemed.

  • Rom 1:28
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    28And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

  • 2 Tim 3:9
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    9But they will not get very far because their folly will be clear to everyone, just as the folly of Jannes and Jambres became evident.

  • Luke 17:2
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    2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • 2 Tim 3:5
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    5They will have a form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.

  • Titus 3:11
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    11Knowing that such a person is warped, sinful, and self-condemned.

  • Heb 6:4
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    4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

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    12in order that all who did not believe the truth but delighted in wickedness might be judged.

  • 1 Sam 12:21
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    21Do not turn aside, for you would be following things that are worthless and cannot benefit or deliver you, for they are meaningless.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits iniquity, they will die because of it.

  • Rom 1:21-22
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    21For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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    29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

  • Jude 1:4-5
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    4For certain people have secretly slipped in among you—those who were written about long ago as being destined for this condemnation. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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    6And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.

  • Prov 26:11
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    11Like a dog returning to its vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

  • Prov 19:2
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  • Rom 3:17
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    17And the way of peace they have not known.

  • 1 John 2:19
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    19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.

  • Jer 9:13
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    13Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and went after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

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    12These people, however, are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They speak abusively about things they do not understand, and in their destruction, they too will be destroyed.

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    21But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.

  • 2 Tim 3:13
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    13But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

  • Jer 2:19
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    19Your own wickedness will discipline you; your backslidings will rebuke you. Consider and see how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed, they will die.

  • Jer 23:22
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    22But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.

  • 2 Thess 2:10
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    10and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.