2 Timothy 2:26

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2 Timothy 2:24–26 · Berean Standard Bible

24 And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

25 He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

26 Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

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Luke 15:17

Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!

1 Corinthians 15:34

Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

Ephesians 5:14

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Psalms 124:7

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

Isaiah 8:15

Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”

Isaiah 28:13

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

2 Corinthians 2:11

in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

Colossians 1:13

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

2 Thessalonians 2:9

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

2 Thessalonians 2:12

in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

1 Timothy 3:7

Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Revelation 20:2

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:3

And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.

Isaiah 42:6

“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Isaiah 42:7

to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

Isaiah 49:25

Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

Isaiah 49:26

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

Matthew 12:28

But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Matthew 12:29

Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

Luke 11:21

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

2 Peter 2:18

With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

2 Peter 2:20

If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

Job 1:12

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

Job 2:6

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

Luke 22:31

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

John 13:2

The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

John 13:27

And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

Acts 5:3

Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

1 Timothy 1:20

Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.