Verse 18

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

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:31 : 31 ¶ Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
  • Luke 23:31 : 31 ‹For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?›
  • Ezek 18:24 : 24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, [and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked [man] doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
  • 2 Pet 2:5-6 : 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; 6 And 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;
  • 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 1:15 : 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.
  • Ps 1:4-5 : 4 ¶ The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 ¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.
  • Matt 24:22-24 : 22 ‹And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.› 23 ‹Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here› [is] ‹Christ, or there; believe› [it] ‹not.› 24 ‹For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if› [it were] ‹possible, they shall deceive the very elect.›
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
  • Rom 5:6 : 6 ¶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
  • Heb 4:1 : 1 ¶ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
  • Acts 27:31 : 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
  • Acts 27:42-44 : 42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. 43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from [their] purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast [themselves] first [into the sea], and get to land: 44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken pieces] of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
  • Mark 13:20-22 : 20 ‹And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.› 21 ‹And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here› [is] ‹Christ; or, lo,› [he is] ‹there; believe› [him] ‹not:› 22 ‹For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if› [it were] ‹possible, even the elect.›
  • Luke 15:1 : 1 ¶ Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
  • 1 Sam 15:18 : 18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.