2 Peter 2:9

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
  • Ps 34:15-19 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But 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.
  • Jude 1:14-15 : 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To 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.
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
  • Prov 16:4 : 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • 2 Cor 5:10-11 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
  • Ps 12:1 : 1 To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A alm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
  • Ps 4:3 : 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 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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  • 2 Pet 2:4-8
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    4For 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;

    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;)

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • 2 Pet 2:10
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    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.

  • Rom 2:2-6
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    2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

    3And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

    4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

    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;

    6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

  • 2 Pet 3:7
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    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.

  • 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.

  • Prov 11:6
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    6The righteousness of the uight shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    5Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

    6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

  • 2 Thess 1:8-9
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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;

  • Jude 1:23-24
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    23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

    24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

  • Jude 1:4-6
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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.

  • 1 Pet 4:18
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    18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

  • 2 Tim 2:19
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    19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

  • 2 Thess 3:3
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    3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Rom 2:8
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    8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

  • Prov 2:8
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    8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and eserveth the way of his saints.

  • Titus 2:12
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    12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

  • Prov 11:8
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    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

  • 2 Pet 3:17
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    17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

  • 1 Tim 1:9
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    9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

  • 1 Pet 5:9
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    9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness keepeth him that is uight in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

  • Ps 34:19
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    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

  • 2 Pet 3:9
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    9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed fm heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

  • Ps 37:18
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    18The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

  • 2 Thess 2:12
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    12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Ps 7:11
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    11God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

  • Ps 11:5
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    5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of the LORD is strength to the uight: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.