2 Peter 3:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

2 Peter 3:10

But the day when the Lord comes again will surprise everyone like the coming of a thief. The sky will disappear with a loud noise. Everything in the sky will be destroyed with fire. And the earth and everything in it will be burned up.

Isaiah 51:6

Look up to the heavens! Look around you at the earth below! The skies will disappear like clouds of smoke. The earth will become like worthless old clothes. The people on earth will die, but my salvation will continue forever. My goodness will never end.

2 Peter 3:12

You should be looking forward to the day of God, wanting more than anything else for it to come soon. When it comes, the sky will be destroyed with fire, and everything in the sky will melt with heat.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared. Now there was no sea.

Matthew 24:35

The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but my words will last forever.

2 Peter 2:9

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.

Matthew 25:41

“Then the king will say to the evil people on his left, ‘Get away from me. God has already decided that you will be punished. Go into the fire that burns forever—the fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a large white throne. I saw the one who was sitting on the throne. Earth and sky ran away from him and disappeared.

Matthew 12:36

I tell you that everyone will have to answer for all the careless things they have said. This will happen on the day of judgment.

Jude 1:7

Also, remember the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the other towns around them. Like those angels they were full of sexual sin and involved themselves in sexual relations that are wrong. And they suffer the punishment of eternal fire, an example for us to see.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to be rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. These things ruin and destroy people.

Philippians 1:28

And you will not be afraid of those who are against you. All of this is proof from God that you are being saved and that your enemies will be lost.

1 John 4:17

If God’s love is made perfect in us, we can be without fear on the day when God judges the world. We will be without fear, because in this world we are like Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Don’t be fooled by anything they might say. That day of the Lord will not come until the turning away from God happens. And that day will not come until the Man of Evil appears, the one who belongs to hell.

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.

Mark 6:11

If any town refuses to accept you or refuses to listen to you, then leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them.”

Matthew 11:24

But I tell you, it will be worse for you in the day of judgment than for Sodom.”

Matthew 11:22

But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be worse for you than for Tyre and Sidon.

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.

Zephaniah 3:8

The Lord said, “So just wait! Wait for me to stand and judge you. I have the right to bring people from many nations and use them to punish you. I will use them to show my anger against you. I will use them to show how upset I am—and the whole country will be destroyed.

Psalm 102:26

The earth and sky will end, but you will live forever! They will wear out like clothes, and like clothes, you will change them.

Psalm 50:3

Our God is coming and will not keep quiet. Fire burns in front of him. There is a great storm around him.

Revelation 17:11

The beast that was once alive but is no longer living is an eighth ruler. This eighth ruler also belongs to the first seven rulers. And he will go away to be destroyed.

Revelation 17:8

The beast you saw was once alive, but now it is not. However, it will come up out of the bottomless pit and go away to be destroyed. The people who live on the earth will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was once alive, is no longer living, but will come again. These are the people whose names have never been written in the book of life since the beginning of the world.

Isaiah 66:15

Look, the Lord is coming with fire. His armies are coming with clouds of dust. He is angry, and he will punish his enemies with flames.

Daniel 7:9

“As I was looking, thrones were put in their places, and the Ancient King sat on his throne. His clothes were as white as snow. His hair was as white as wool. His throne was made from fire, and its wheels were made from flames.

Malachi 4:1

“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All the proud people will be punished. All the evil people will burn like straw. At that time they will be like a bush burning in the fire, and there will not be a branch or root left.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

John 12:48

But there is a judge for all those who refuse to believe in me and do not accept what I say. The message I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

1 Corinthians 3:13

But the work that each person does will be clearly seen, because the Day will make it plain. That Day will appear with fire, and the fire will test everyone’s work.

Hebrews 12:29

because our God is like a fire that can destroy us.