Verse 21

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Luke 12:47 : 47 ‹And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not› [himself], ‹neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many› [stripes].
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
  • Jas 4:17 : 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.
  • Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, When a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus said unto them, ‹If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.›
  • John 15:22 : 22 ‹If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.›
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
  • 1 Thess 4:2 : 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
  • Matt 11:23-24 : 23 ‹And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.› 24 ‹But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.›
  • Matt 21:32 : 32 ‹For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen› [it], ‹repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.›
  • Ezek 23:13 : 13 Then I saw that she was defiled, [that] they [took] both one way,
  • Ps 36:3-4 : 3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
  • Prov 12:28 : 28 ¶ In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 ¶ The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.