2 Peter 3:7

God's Word

By God’s word, the present heaven and earth are designated to be burned. They are being kept until the day ungodly people will be judged and destroyed.

Cross References

Psalm 102:26

They will come to an end, but you will still go on. They will all wear out like clothing. You will change them like clothes, and they will be thrown away.

Psalm 50:3

Our God will come and will not remain silent. A devouring fire is in front of him and a raging storm around him.

Isaiah 51:6

Look at the sky. Look at the earth below. The sky will vanish like smoke. The earth will wear out like clothing, and those who live there will die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, and my righteousness will never fail.

Isaiah 66:15

The Lord will come with fire and with his chariots like a thunderstorm. He will pay them back with his burning anger and punish them with flames of fire.

Daniel 7:9

I watched until thrones were set up and the Ancient One, who has lived for endless years, sat down. His clothes were as white as snow and the hair on his head was like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels were burning fire.

Zephaniah 3:8

The Lord declares, “Just wait! One day I will stand up as a witness. I have decided to gather nations, to bring kingdoms together, and to pour my rage, my burning anger, on them. The whole land will be consumed by my fiery fury.

Malachi 4:1

“Certainly the day is coming! It will burn like a furnace. All arrogant people and all evildoers will be ⌞like⌟ straw. The day that is coming will burn them up completely,” says the Lord of Armies. “It won’t leave a single root or branch.

Matthew 10:15

I can guarantee this truth: Judgment day will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city.

Matthew 11:22

I can guarantee that judgment day will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

Matthew 11:24

I can guarantee that judgment day will be better for Sodom than for you.”

Matthew 12:36

“I can guarantee that on judgment day people will have to give an account of every careless word they say.

Matthew 24:35

The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

Matthew 25:41

“Then the king will say to those on his left, ‘Get away from me! God has cursed you! Go into everlasting fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels!

Mark 6:11

Wherever people don’t welcome you or listen to you, leave and shake the dust from your feet as a warning to them.”

John 12:48

Those who reject me by not accepting what I say have a judge appointed for them. The words that I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

Romans 2:5

Since you are stubborn and don’t want to change the way you think and act, you are adding to the anger that God will have against you on that day when God vents his anger. At that time God will reveal that his decisions are fair.

1 Corinthians 3:13

The day will make what each one does clearly visible because fire will reveal it. That fire will determine what kind of work each person has done.

Philippians 1:28

So don’t let your opponents intimidate you in any way. This is God’s way of showing them that they will be destroyed and that you will be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Don’t let anyone deceive you about this in any way. ⌞That day cannot come unless⌟ a revolt takes place first, and the man of sin, the man of destruction, is revealed.

1 Timothy 6:9

But people who want to get rich keep falling into temptation. They are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires which drown them in destruction and ruin.

Hebrews 12:29

After all, our God is a destructive fire.

2 Peter 2:9

Since the Lord did all this, he knows how to rescue godly people when they are tested. He also knows how to hold immoral people for punishment on the day of judgment.

2 Peter 3:10

The day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day heaven will pass away with a roaring sound. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and be destroyed. The earth and everything that people have done on it will be exposed.

2 Peter 3:12

as you look forward to the day of God and eagerly wait for it to come. When that day comes, heaven will be on fire and will be destroyed. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and melt.

1 John 4:17

God’s love has reached its goal in us. So we look ahead with confidence to the day of judgment. While we are in this world, we are exactly like him ⌞with regard to love⌟.

Jude 1:7

What happened to Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them is an example for us of the punishment of eternal fire. The people of these cities suffered the same fate that God’s people and the angels did, because they committed sexual sins and engaged in homosexual activities.

Revelation 17:11

The beast that was and is no longer is the eighth king. It belongs with the seven kings and goes to its destruction.

Revelation 17:8

“You saw the beast which once was, is no longer, and will come from the bottomless pit and go to its destruction. Those living on earth, whose names were not written in the Book of Life when the world was created, will be surprised when they see the beast because it was, is no longer, and will come again.

Revelation 20:11

I saw a large, white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence, but no place was found for them.

Revelation 21:1

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone.