2 Peter 2:2

Good News Translation

Even so, many will follow their immoral ways; and because of what they do, others will speak evil of the Way of truth.

Cross References

Genesis 19:5

They called out to Lot and asked, “Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us!” The men of Sodom wanted to have sex with them.

Psalm 18:21

I have obeyed the law of the Lord; I have not turned away from my God.

Isaiah 35:8

There will be a highway there, called “The Road of Holiness.” No sinner will ever travel that road; no fools will mislead those who follow it.

Jeremiah 6:16

The Lord said to his people, “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths and where the best road is. Walk in it, and you will live in peace.” But they said, “No, we will not!”

Matthew 22:16

Then they sent to him some of their disciples and some members of Herod's party. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you tell the truth. You teach the truth about God's will for people, without worrying about what others think, because you pay no attention to anyone's status.

Matthew 24:24

For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear; they will perform great miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible.

Matthew 7:14

But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it.

Mark 12:14

They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you tell the truth, without worrying about what people think. You pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. Tell us, is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor? Should we pay them or not?”

Mark 13:22

For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will perform miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible.

John 14:6

Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.

Acts 13:10

and said, “You son of the Devil! You are the enemy of everything that is good. You are full of all kinds of evil tricks, and you always keep trying to turn the Lord's truths into lies!

Acts 14:2

But the Jews who would not believe stirred up the Gentiles and turned them against the believers.

Acts 16:17

She followed Paul and us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They announce to you how you can be saved!”

Acts 18:26

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home with them and explained to him more correctly the Way of God.

Acts 19:9

But some of them were stubborn and would not believe, and before the whole group they said evil things about the Way of the Lord. So Paul left them and took the believers with him, and every day he held discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Acts 22:4

I persecuted to the death the people who followed this Way. I arrested men and women and threw them into prison.

Acts 24:14

I do admit this to you: I worship the God of our ancestors by following that Way which they say is false. But I also believe in everything written in the Law of Moses and the books of the prophets.

Romans 2:24

The scripture says, “Because of you Jews, the Gentiles speak evil of God.”

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would prefer that the younger widows get married, have children, and take care of their homes, so as to give our enemies no chance of speaking evil of us.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled and pure, and to be good housewives who submit themselves to their husbands, so that no one will speak evil of the message that comes from God.

Titus 2:8

Use sound words that cannot be criticized, so that your enemies may be put to shame by not having anything bad to say about us.

1 Peter 2:12

Your conduct among the heathen should be so good that when they accuse you of being evildoers, they will have to recognize your good deeds and so praise God on the Day of his coming.

2 Peter 2:12

But these people act by instinct, like wild animals born to be captured and killed; they attack with insults anything they do not understand. They will be destroyed like wild animals,

2 Peter 2:15

They have left the straight path and have lost their way; they have followed the path taken by Balaam son of Beor, who loved the money he would get for doing wrong

2 Peter 2:18

They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error.

2 Peter 2:21

It would have been much better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and then turn away from the sacred command that was given them.

2 Peter 2:7

He rescued Lot, a good man, who was distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless people.

Jude 1:10

But these people attack with insults anything they do not understand; and those things that they know by instinct, like wild animals, are the very things that destroy them.

Jude 1:15

to bring judgment on all, to condemn them all for the godless deeds they have performed and for all the terrible words that godless sinners have spoken against him!”

Jude 1:4

For some godless people have slipped in unnoticed among us, persons who distort the message about the grace of our God in order to excuse their immoral ways, and who reject Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. Long ago the Scriptures predicted the condemnation they have received.

Jude 1:7

Remember Sodom and Gomorrah, and the nearby towns, whose people acted as those angels did and indulged in sexual immorality and perversion: they suffer the punishment of eternal fire as a plain warning to all.

Revelation 12:9

The huge dragon was thrown out—that ancient serpent, named the Devil, or Satan, that deceived the whole world. He was thrown down to earth, and all his angels with him.

Revelation 13:14

And it deceived all the people living on earth by means of the miracles which it was allowed to perform in the presence of the first beast. The beast told them to build an image in honor of the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Revelation 13:8

All people living on earth will worship it, except those whose names were written before the creation of the world in the book of the living which belongs to the Lamb that was killed.