2 Peter 2:9

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So you see that the Lord God knows how to save those who are devoted to him. He will save them when troubles come. And the Lord will hold evil people to punish them on the day of judgment.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:13

The only temptations that you have are the same temptations that all people have. But you can trust God. He will not let you be tempted more than you can bear. But when you are tempted, God will also give you a way to escape that temptation. Then you will be able to endure it.

Revelation 3:10

You followed my command to endure patiently. So I will keep you from the time of trouble that will come to the world—a time that will test everyone living on earth.

2 Timothy 3:12

Everyone who wants to live showing true devotion to God in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word of God is keeping the skies and the earth that we have now. They are being kept to be destroyed by fire. They are kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of all people who are against God.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has a plan for everything. In his plan, the wicked will be destroyed.

Job 5:19

He will save you again and again. No evil will harm you.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure—people who belong only to him and who always want to do good.

2 Peter 2:4

When angels sinned, God did not let them go free without punishment. He sent them to hell. He put those angels in caves of darkness, where they are being held until the time when God will judge them.

Romans 2:5

But you are so stubborn! You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will be punished on the day when God will show his anger. On that day everyone will see how right God is to judge people.

Psalm 4:3

You can be sure that anyone who serves the Lord faithfully is special to him. The Lord listens when I pray to him.

Psalm 32:6

That is why your loyal followers pray to you while there is still time. Then when trouble rises like a flood, it will not reach them.

Job 21:30

Evil people are spared when disaster comes. They survive when God shows his anger.

Psalm 12:1

Save me, Lord! We can no longer trust anyone! All the good, loyal people are gone.

Psalm 37:33

But the Lord will not let the wicked defeat them. He will not let good people be judged guilty.

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked are trapped by their foolish words, but good people escape from such trouble.

Matthew 6:13

Don’t let us be tempted, but save us from the Evil One.’

Matthew 10:15

I can assure you that on the judgment day it will be worse for that town than for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Jude 1:6

And remember the angels who lost their authority to rule. They left their proper home. So the Lord has kept them in darkness, bound with everlasting chains, to be judged on the great day.

1 Samuel 29:10

Early in the morning, you and your men should go back to the city I gave you. Don’t pay attention to the bad things the captains say about you. You are a good man, but you must leave as soon as there is enough light in the morning.”