2 Peter 2:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

For it had bene better for them, not to haue acknowledged the way of righteousnes, then after they haue acknowledged it, to turne from the holy commaundement giuen vnto them.

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  • Ezek 18:24 : 24 But if the righteous turne away from his righteousnes, & commit iniquitie, and doe according to all the abominations, that the wicked man doeth, shall he liue? all his righteousnes that he hath done, shall not be mentioned: but in his transgression that he hath committed, and in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them shal he die.
  • Luke 12:47 : 47 And that seruant that knewe his masters will, and prepared not himselfe, neither did according to his will, shalbe beaten with many stripes.
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For it is impossible that they which were once lightened, & haue tasted of the heauenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Ghost, 5 And haue tasted of the good word of God, and of the powers of the world to come, 6 If they fal away, should be renued againe by repentance: seeing they crucifie againe to themselues the Sonne of God, & make a mocke of him.
  • Jas 4:17 : 17 Therefore, to him that knoweth howe to doe well, and doeth it not, to him it is sinne.
  • Ezek 3:20 : 20 Likewise if a righteous man turne from his righteousnesse, and commit iniquitie, I will lay a stumbling blocke before him, and he shal die, because thou hast not giuen him warning: he shall die in his sinne, and his righteous deedes, which he hath done, shall not be remembred: but his blood will I require at thine hand.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Iesus sayd vnto them, If ye were blinde, ye should not haue sinne: but nowe ye say, We see: therefore your sinne remaineth.
  • John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shoulde not haue had sinne: but nowe haue they no cloke for their sinne.
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 And them that are turned backe from the Lord, and those that haue not sought the Lorde, nor inquired for him.
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 Wherefore the Lawe is holy, and that commandement is holy, and iust, and good.
  • 1 Thess 4:2 : 2 For ye knowe what commaundements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.
  • Matt 11:23-24 : 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art lifted vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe to hell: for if the great workes, which haue bin done in thee, had bene done among them of Sodom, they had remained to this day. 24 But I say vnto you, that it shall be easier for them of the land of Sodom in the day of iudgement, then for thee.
  • Matt 21:32 : 32 For Iohn came vnto you in the way of righteousnes, and yee beleeued him not: but the Publicanes, and the harlots beleeued him, and ye, though ye sawe it, were not mooued with repentance afterward, that ye might beleeue him.
  • Ezek 23:13 : 13 Then I sawe that she was defiled, and that they were both after one sort,
  • Ps 36:3-4 : 3 The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good. 4 Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But these that turne aside by their crooked wayes, them shal the Lord leade with the workers of iniquitie: but peace shalbe vpon Israel.
  • Prov 12:28 : 28 Life is in the way of righteousnesse, and in that path way there is no death.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 Age is a crowne of glory, when it is founde in the way of righteousnes.

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