2 Peter 2:9

World English Bible (2000)

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

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  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
  • Ps 34:15-19 : 15 Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. 16 Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. 18 Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  • Jude 1:14-15 : 14 About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
  • Prov 16:4 : 4 Yahweh has made everything for its own end-- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
  • 2 Cor 5:10-11 : 10 For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
  • Ps 12:1 : 1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
  • Ps 4:3 : 3 But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

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  • 2 Pet 2:4-8
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    4 For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

    5 and didn't spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

    6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;

    7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked

    8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):

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

    6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • 2 Pet 2:10
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    10 but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

  • Rom 2:2-6
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    2 We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

    3 Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

    4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

    5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

    6 who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"

  • 2 Pet 3:7
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    7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

  • Jude 1:15
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    15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

  • Prov 11:6
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    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

    6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,

  • 2 Thess 1:8-9
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    8 giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

    9 who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

  • Jude 1:23-24
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    23 and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

    24 Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

  • Jude 1:4-6
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    4 For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

    5 Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn't believe.

    6 Angels who didn't keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

  • 1 Pet 4:18
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    18 "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"

  • 2 Tim 2:19
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    19 However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

  • 2 Thess 3:3
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    3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

  • Job 21:30
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    30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Rom 2:8
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    8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,

  • Prov 2:8
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    8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

  • Titus 2:12
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    12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

  • 2 Pet 3:17
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    17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

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

  • 1 Pet 5:9
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    9 Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

  • Ps 34:19
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    19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

  • 2 Pet 3:9
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    9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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

  • Ps 37:18
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    18 Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

  • 2 Thess 2:12
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    12 that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Ps 7:11
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    11 God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.

  • Ps 11:5
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    5 Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."