2 Peter 3:7

New American Bible - revised edition

The present heavens and earth have been reserved by the same word for fire, kept for the day of judgment and of destruction of the godless.

Cross References

Psalm 102:26

Of old you laid the earth’s foundations; the heavens are the work of your hands.

Psalm 50:3

Our God comes and will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, it rages strongly around him.

Isaiah 51:6

Raise your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth below; Though the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies, My salvation shall remain forever and my victory shall always be firm.

Isaiah 66:15

For see, the Lord will come in fire, his chariots like the stormwind; To wreak his anger in burning rage and his rebuke in fiery flames.

Daniel 7:9

As I watched, Thrones were set up and the Ancient of Days took his throne. His clothing was white as snow, the hair on his head like pure wool; His throne was flames of fire, with wheels of burning fire.

Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore, wait for me—oracle of the Lord— until the day when I arise as accuser; For it is my decision to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, In order to pour out upon them my wrath, all my blazing anger; For in the fire of my passion all the earth will be consumed.

Matthew 10:15

Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. Coming Persecutions.

Matthew 11:22

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

Matthew 11:24

But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” The Praise of the Father.

Matthew 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will render an account for every careless word they speak.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. The Unknown Day and Hour.

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Mark 6:11

Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them.”

John 12:48

Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has something to judge him: the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day,

Romans 2:5

By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God,

1 Corinthians 3:13

the work of each will come to light, for the Day will disclose it. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire [itself] will test the quality of each one’s work.

Philippians 1:28

not intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is proof to them of destruction, but of your salvation. And this is God’s doing.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you in any way. For unless the apostasy comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one doomed to perdition,

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation and into a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge them into ruin and destruction.

Hebrews 12:29

For our God is a consuming fire.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the devout from trial and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out. Exhortation to Preparedness.

2 Peter 3:12

waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames and the elements melted by fire.

1 John 4:17

In this is love brought to perfection among us, that we have confidence on the day of judgment because as he is, so are we in this world.

Jude 1:7

Likewise, Sodom, Gomorrah, and the surrounding towns, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual promiscuity and practiced unnatural vice, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Revelation 17:11

The beast that existed once but exists no longer is an eighth king, but really belongs to the seven and is headed for destruction.

Revelation 17:8

The beast that you saw existed once but now exists no longer. It will come up from the abyss and is headed for destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world shall be amazed when they see the beast, because it existed once but exists no longer, and yet it will come again.

Revelation 20:11

Next I saw a large white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence and there was no place for them.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.