2 Thessalonians 1:9

God's Word

They will pay the penalty by being destroyed forever, by being separated from the Lord’s presence and from his glorious power.

Cross References

Genesis 3:8

In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking around in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden.

Genesis 4:16

Then Cain left the Lord’s presence and lived in Nod [The Land of Wandering], east of Eden.

Job 21:14

But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone. We don’t want to know your ways.

Job 22:17

They told God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do for us?’

Psalm 16:11

You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. Pleasures are by your side forever.

Psalm 51:11

Do not force me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

Isaiah 1:28

Rebels and sinners will be crushed at the same time, and those who abandon the Lord will come to an end.

Isaiah 2:10

Go in among the rocks and hide underground because of the Lord’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty.

Isaiah 2:19

People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of the Lord’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to terrify the earth.

Isaiah 2:21

They will go into caves in the rocks and into cracks in the cliffs because of the Lord’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to terrify the earth.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are terrified. Trembling seizes the ungodly. Can any of us live through a fire that destroys? Can any of us live through a fire that burns forever?

Isaiah 66:24

Then they will go out and look at the corpses of those who have rebelled against me. The worms that eat them will not die. The fire that burns them will not go out. All humanity will be disgusted by them.

Daniel 12:2

Many sleeping in the ground will wake up. Some will wake up to live forever, but others will wake up to be ashamed and disgraced forever.

Matthew 16:27

The Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory. Then he will pay back each person based on what that person has done.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king told his servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and throw him outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.’

Matthew 24:30

“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. All the people on earth will cry in agony when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds in the sky with power and great glory.

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!

Matthew 25:46

“These people will go away into eternal punishment, but those with God’s approval will go into eternal life.”

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man is going to die as the Scriptures say he will. But how horrible it will be for that person who betrays the Son of Man. It would have been better for that person if he had never been born.”

Matthew 7:23

Then I will tell them publicly, ‘I’ve never known you. Get away from me, you evil people.’

Luke 13:27

But he will tell you, ‘I don’t know who you are. Get away from me, all you evil people.’

John 5:14

Later, Jesus met the man in the temple courtyard and told him, “You’re well now. Stop sinning so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said, “The Lord came from Sinai. For his people he rose from Seir ⌞like the sun⌟. He appeared like sunshine from Mount Paran. He came with tens of thousands of holy ones. On his right was a raging fire for them.

Philippians 3:19

In the end they will be destroyed. Their own emotions are their god, and they take pride in the shameful things they do. Their minds are set on worldly things.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, “Everything is safe and sound!” destruction will suddenly strike them. It will be as sudden as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They won’t be able to escape.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

Then the man of sin will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will destroy him by what he says. When the Lord Jesus comes, his appearance will put an end to this man.

Titus 2:13

At the same time we can expect what we hope for—the appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:29

What do you think a person who shows no respect for the Son of God deserves? That person looks at the blood of the promise (the blood that made him holy) as no different from other people’s blood, and he insults the Spirit that God gave us out of his kindness. He deserves a much worse punishment.

2 Peter 2:17

These false teachers are dried-up springs. They are a mist blown around by a storm. Gloomy darkness has been kept for them.

2 Peter 3:7

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.

Jude 1:13

Their shame is like the foam on the wild waves of the sea. They are wandering stars for whom gloomy darkness is kept forever.

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 20:14

Death and hell were thrown into the fiery lake. (The fiery lake is the second death.)

Revelation 21:8

But cowardly, unfaithful, and detestable people, murderers, sexual sinners, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual sinners, murderers, idolaters, and all who lie in what they say and what they do.