2 Peter 2:3

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They will greedily exploit you with false tales. However, they are already condemned: their sentence has been hanging over them for a long time, and their destruction won't be postponed.

Cross References

Job 6:27

You would play dice to win an orphan; you would bargain away your friend!

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they hear of me, they obey; foreigners cringe before me.

Psalm 66:3

Tell God, “What you do is awesome! Your enemies are forced to bow before you because of your power.

Psalm 81:15

Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, forever doomed.

Isaiah 5:19

You are among the people who say, “God should hurry up! Why doesn't God get a move on with what he's doing so we can see it? Why doesn't the Holy One of Israel execute his plan? Let's see it happen so we can understand what it is!”

Isaiah 56:11

They're greedy dogs that are never satisfied. They're sheepdogs who don't know their job. All of them go their own way, each of them looking out for themselves.

Isaiah 60:22

The smallest of your families will increase to a thousand, and the most insignificant will become a great nation. I am the Lord; at the right time I will do this quickly.

Jeremiah 6:13

Everyone cheats because they're greedy, poor and rich alike. Even prophets and priests—they are all dishonest liars!

Jeremiah 8:10

I'm going to give their wives to others, and their fields to different owners, since everyone cheats because they're greedy, poor and rich alike. Even prophets and priests—they are all dishonest liars!

Ezekiel 13:19

You have disgraced me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people who believe in you, you have killed those who shouldn't have died and let others live who shouldn't.

Micah 3:11

Your leaders judge for a bribe, and your priests teach for a price, and your prophets only prophesy for pay. Yet they all lean on the Lord saying, “Isn't the Lord here with us? Nothing bad can happen to us!”

Habakkuk 3:3

God came from Teman; the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens; the earth was full of his praise.

Malachi 1:10

I really wish one of you would shut the Temple doors to stop you lighting pointless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept offerings from you.

Matthew 23:14

Luke 18:8

No, I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. However, when the Son of man comes, will he find people on earth who trust in him?”

Luke 20:20

Watching for an opportunity they sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They tried to catch Jesus out in something he said so they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

Luke 22:47

While he was still speaking, a crowd appeared led by Judas, one of the twelve disciples. Judas went up to Jesus to kiss him.

John 2:16

He ordered the dove-sellers, “Take these things out of here! Don't turn my Father's house into a market!”

Romans 16:18

These people are not serving Christ our Lord but their own appetites, and by their smooth-talking and pleasant words they deceive the minds of unsuspecting people.

2 Corinthians 2:17

We are not like the majority who trade in the word of God for profit. Quite the opposite: we are sincere in sharing the word of God in Christ, knowing God is watching us.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Don't treat foreigners or orphans unjustly; don't take a widow's cloak as security.

Deuteronomy 32:35

I make sure justice is done, I will repay. The time is coming when they will fall, their day of disaster is approaching, their doom will soon arrive.”

1 Thessalonians 2:5

As you know, we've never used flattering words. Nor were we covering up some greedy, selfish attitude—as God is our witness!

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won't escape.

1 Timothy 3:3

He should be someone who doesn't get drunk or become violent, but is gentle, and is not argumentative or greedy for money.

1 Timothy 3:8

Similarly deacons should be respected, and not be hypocritical. They should not be addicted to drink, and should not be trying to dishonestly enrich themselves.

1 Timothy 6:5

the constant arguing of people whose minds are totally corrupt and who have lost the truth, thinking that they can profit financially from religion…

Titus 1:11

Their talking must stop, these people who throw whole families into turmoil, teaching things that aren't right for the sake of making money.

Titus 1:7

As a leader for God, a head elder must have a good reputation and not be arrogant. He should not have a quick temper nor get drunk; he shouldn't be violent or greedy for money.

1 Peter 2:8

is “The stone that trips you up and the rock that makes you fall.” People stumble over this message because they refuse to accept it—which for them is entirely predictable.

1 Peter 5:2

Look after God's flock you have been given to care for, watching over it not because you're forced to, but gladly, as God wants you to. Do this willingly, not looking to make a profit from it.

2 Peter 1:16

We didn't follow made-up myths when we told you about the coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ—we saw his majesty for ourselves.

2 Peter 2:1

But just as there were false prophets among the people then, there will be false teachers among you. They subtly introduce false and destructive teachings, even denying the Lord who redeemed them, quickly bringing destruction on themselves.

2 Peter 2:9

As you can see, the Lord is able to rescue from their troubles those who respect him, and to keep the wicked until the day of judgment when their punishment is completed.

Jude 1:11

They're in terrible trouble! For they have followed Cain's way. Like Balaam and his delusion, they have abandoned themselves to the profit motive. Like Korah and his rebellion, they have destroyed themselves.

Jude 1:15

to judge everyone, to reveal all the wicked things people have done, and all the terrible things hostile sinners have said against him.”

Jude 1:16

Such people are grumblers, always complaining. They follow their own evil desires, speaking boastfully about themselves, and flattering others to get what they want.

Jude 1:4

For some people have quietly crept in among you. They were written about and condemned a long time ago, for they are wicked people who pervert God's grace, turning it into a license to immorality, while also denying our Lord and master Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:7

In just the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns nearby that pursued immorality and perverted sex are provided as an example of those that experience the punishment of eternal fire.