2 Peter 2:4

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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  • Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
  • Isa 14:12 : 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
  • Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a gat chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no mo, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
  • Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fi and brimstone, whe the beast and the false prophet a, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
  • Ezek 5:11 : 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
  • Ezek 7:4 : 4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Rev 12:7-9 : 7 And the was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And pvailed not; neither was their place found any mo in heaven. 9 And the gat dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels we cast out with him.
  • 2 Pet 2:11 : 11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
  • Job 4:18 : 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
  • Mark 5:7 : 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
  • Luke 8:31 : 31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
  • Luke 10:18 : 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
  • John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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    4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

    5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

    6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

    7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

    8Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

    9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

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    5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

    6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

    7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation 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 unlawful deeds;)

    9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

    10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

    11Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

    12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

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    3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

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    2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

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    6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

    7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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    5For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

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    49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

  • Jude 1:13
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    13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

  • Matt 25:41
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    41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  • 1 Pet 3:19-20
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    19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

    20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

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    12Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

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    5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

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    17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

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    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

    9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

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    12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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    18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

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    10For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

  • Jude 1:23
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    23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

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    18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

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    49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

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    2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

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    7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

  • Jude 1:15
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    15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

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    22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

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    9And the gat dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels we cast out with him.