2 Peter 2:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And in their covetousness (lust, greed) they will exploit you with false (cunning) arguments. From of old the sentence [of condemnation] for them has not been idle; their destruction (eternal misery) has not been asleep.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

Common English Bible

³ In their greed they will take advantage of you with lies. The judgment pronounced against them long ago hasn’t fallen idle, nor is their destruction sleeping.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their perdition slumbereth not.

2 Peter 2:3 Cross References

Job 6:27

Would you cast lots for an orphan, and barter over your friend?

Psalm 18:44

You free me from strifes of the people. You set me as head of the nations— people I did not know are serving me.

Psalm 66:3

Say to God: “How awesome are Your deeds! Because of Your great power, Your enemies cringe before You.

Psalm 81:15

I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their foes.

Isaiah 5:19

They say: “Let Him hurry up and hasten His work, so we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, so we may know it!”

Isaiah 56:11

and the dogs are greedy— they never have enough. They are shepherds with no discernment. They have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.

Isaiah 60:22

The smallest will become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation. I, Adonai, will hasten it in its time.”

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for gain, and from prophet even to kohen, everyone practices deceit.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. For from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain. From the prophet even to the kohen everyone practices deceit.

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread, to kill those who should not die and to save those who should not live, by lying to My people, who listen to lies.’”

Micah 3:11

Her leaders give judgment for a bribe. Her priests give direction for a price. Her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on Adonai by saying: “Is not Adonai in our midst? No calamity will come upon us!”

Habakkuk 3:3

God comes from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His majesty covers the heavens, and His praise fills the earth.

Malachi 1:10

“If just one of you would shut the doors, and not light My altar uselessly! I have no delight in you,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. “Nor will I accept any offering from your hand.

Matthew 23:14

Luke 18:8

I tell you, He will quickly give them justice. But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

Luke 20:20

Now they watched Him and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order to trap Him in His words so they could hand Him over to the power and authority of the governor.

Luke 22:47

While Yeshua was speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judah, one of the Twelve, approached Yeshua to kiss Him.

John 2:16

To those selling doves, He said, “Get these things out of here! Stop making My Father’s house a marketplace!”

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord the Messiah, but only their own belly. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like many, peddling the word of God. Rather, in Messiah we speak in the sight of God with sincerity, as persons sent from God.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You are not to twist justice for an outsider or orphan, and you are not to take as collateral a widow’s clothing.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is Mine, and payback, for the time when their foot staggers. Surely their day of disaster is near— what is prepared rushes on them.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For as you know and God is witness, we never came with a word of flattery or a motive of greed—

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they are saying, “Shalom and safety,” sudden destruction comes upon them like a woman having birth pains in the womb—there is no way they will escape.

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money,

1 Timothy 3:8

Servant-leaders likewise must be dignified, not double-speaking, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between people corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced—those who upset entire households by teaching what they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

Titus 1:7

For the overseer must be blameless as God’s administrator—not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain.

1 Peter 2:8

and “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they are disobeying the word—to this they were also appointed.

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd God’s flock among you. Watch over it not under compulsion but willingly before God, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.

2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow cleverly concocted tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

2 Peter 2:1

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:9

Therefore the Lord certainly knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and how to keep the unrighteous being punished until the Day of Judgment—

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain; they were consumed for pay in Balaam’s error; and in Korah’s rebellion they have been destroyed.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment against all. He will convict all the ungodly for all their ungodly deeds that they have done in an ungodly way, and for all of the harsh things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

Jude 1:16

These are bellyaching grumblers, following after their own desires. Their mouth speaks grandiose things, showing favoritism for the sake of gain.

Jude 1:4

For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.

Jude 1:7

In the same way as these angels, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them—having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after a different sort of flesh—are displayed as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.