2 Peter 2:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

Cross References

Job 21:30

How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

Job 5:19

He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.

Psalm 12:1

For the chief music-maker on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David. Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

Psalm 32:6

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

Psalm 37:33

The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

Psalm 4:3

See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

Proverbs 12:13

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

Matthew 10:15

Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

Matthew 6:13

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

Romans 2:5

But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

1 Corinthians 10:13

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

2 Timothy 3:12

Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;

2 Peter 3:7

But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men.

Jude 1:6

And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

1 Samuel 29:10

So get up early in the morning, with the servants of your lord who are with you, and go to the place I have given you, and have no evil design in your heart, for you are good in my eyes; but when there is light enough in the morning, go away.