2 Peter 2:21

New American Standard Bible 2020

For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The Lord will lead them away with those who practice injustice. Peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 85:8

¶I will hear what God the Lord will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; And may they not turn back to foolishness.

Proverbs 12:28

In the way of righteousness there is life, And in its pathway there is no death.

Proverbs 16:31

A gray head is a crown of glory; It is found in the way of righteousness.

Ezekiel 18:24

“But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness, commits injustice and does according to all the abominations that the wicked person does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

Ezekiel 23:13

And I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way.

Ezekiel 3:20

Again, when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits sin, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require from your hand.

Ezekiel 33:13

When I say to the righteous that he will certainly live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits injustice, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but for that same injustice of his which he has committed he will die.

Zephaniah 1:6

And those who have turned back from following the Lord, And those who have not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.”

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even have second thoughts afterward so as to believe him.

Luke 12:47

And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accordance with his will, will receive many blows,

John 15:22

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you maintain, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

Romans 7:12

So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Galatians 6:2

Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 6:14

that you keep the commandment without fault or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 10:26

For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

James 4:17

So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.

2 Peter 3:2

to remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all time handed down to the saints.