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2 Peter 2:8
2 Peter 2:8 is verse 8 of 2 Peter chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
King James Version
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
World English Bible
(for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds),
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2 Peter 2:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
7 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
9 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
10 Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 25:26Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
Proverbs 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
1 Timothy 1:9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Psalms 119:139My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
Psalms 119:158I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
Ezekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Malachi 3:16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
Malachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.