2 Peter 3:7

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But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

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  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.
  • 2 Pet 3:12 : 12 while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze!
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
  • Rev 21:1 : 1 A New Heaven and a New Earth Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 – if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
  • Isa 51:6 : 6 Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.
  • 2 Thess 1:7-8 : 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • 2 Thess 2:3 : 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  • Ps 50:3 : 3 “May our God come and not be silent.” Consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.
  • Ps 102:26 : 26 They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.
  • 1 John 4:17 : 17 By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world.
  • Jude 1:7 : 7 So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
  • Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth– all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world– will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.
  • Rev 17:11 : 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore you must wait patiently for me,” says the LORD,“for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them– all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.
  • Matt 10:15 : 15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!
  • Matt 11:22 : 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!
  • Matt 11:24 : 24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.
  • Mark 6:11 : 11 If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!
  • Phil 1:28 : 28 and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation– a sign which is from God.

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    5 For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.

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    10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

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