2 Peter 2:8

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(For that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.)

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  • Ps 119:158 : 158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they do not keep Your word.
  • Prov 25:26 : 26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because people do not keep Your law.
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 The LORD said to him, 'Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and mark a sign on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable things being done within it.'
  • Ezek 9:6 : 6 Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
  • Mal 3:15-17 : 15 Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.' 16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord paid attention and listened. A book of remembrance was written before him for those who fear the Lord and honor his name. 17 They will be mine, says the Lord of Hosts, on the day when I act. I will spare them as a father spares his son who serves him.
  • 1 Tim 1:9 : 9 We also know that the law is not made for the righteous but for the lawless and rebellious, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and profane, those who strike their fathers and mothers, and murderers,
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful and effective.
  • Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal consumes me because my adversaries forget Your words.
  • Prov 28:12 : 12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.

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    6and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly,

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    9then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

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    20Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave.

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    15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

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    24'Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are there?'

    25'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'

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