2 Peter 2:9

Good News Translation

And so the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and how to keep the wicked under punishment for the Day of Judgment,

Cross References

Job 21:30

On the day God is angry and punishes, it is the wicked who are always spared.

Job 5:19

Time after time he will save you from harm;

Psalm 12:1

Help us, Lord! There is not a good person left; honest people can no longer be found.

Psalm 32:6

So all your loyal people should pray to you in times of need; when a great flood of trouble comes rushing in, it will not reach them.

Psalm 37:33

but the Lord will not abandon them to their enemy's power or let them be condemned when they are on trial.

Psalm 4:3

Remember that the Lord has chosen the righteous for his own, and he hears me when I call to him.

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked are trapped by their own words, but honest people get themselves out of trouble.

Proverbs 16:4

Everything the Lord has made has its destiny; and the destiny of the wicked is destruction.

Matthew 10:15

I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah than to the people of that town!

Matthew 6:13

Do not bring us to hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.’

Romans 2:5

But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed.

1 Corinthians 10:13

Every test that you have experienced is the kind that normally comes to people. But God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.

2 Timothy 3:12

Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.

2 Peter 2:4

God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell, where they are kept chained in darkness, waiting for the Day of Judgment.

2 Peter 3:7

But the heavens and the earth that now exist are being preserved by the same command of God, in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the day when godless people will be judged and destroyed.

Jude 1:6

Remember the angels who did not stay within the limits of their proper authority, but abandoned their own dwelling place: they are bound with eternal chains in the darkness below, where God is keeping them for that great Day on which they will be condemned.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you safe from the time of trouble which is coming upon the world to test all the people on earth.

1 Samuel 29:10

So then, David, tomorrow morning all of you who left Saul and came over to me will have to get up early and leave as soon as it's light.”