2 Peter 2:8

New American Bible - revised edition

(for day after day that righteous man living among them was tormented in his righteous soul at the lawless deeds that he saw and heard),

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the inhabitants of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of tears because your law is not observed.

Psalm 119:139

I am consumed with rage, because my foes forget your words.

Psalm 119:158

I view the faithless with loathing because they do not heed your promise.

Proverbs 25:26

A trampled fountain or a polluted spring— a just person fallen before the wicked.

Proverbs 28:12

When the just triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked prevail, people hide.

Ezekiel 9:4

and the Lord said to him: Pass through the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and mark an X on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the abominations practiced within it.

Ezekiel 9:6

Old and young, male and female, women and children—wipe them out! But do not touch anyone marked with the X. Begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

1 Timothy 1:9

with the understanding that law is meant not for a righteous person but for the lawless and unruly, the godless and sinful, the unholy and profane, those who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers,

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks.

James 5:16

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.