2 Peter 2:3

New American Standard Bible 2020

and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Cross References

Job 6:27

“You would even cast lots for the orphans, And barter over your friend.

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners pretend to obey me.

Psalm 66:3

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to obey You.

Psalm 81:15

“Those who hate the Lord would pretend to obey Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

Isaiah 5:19

Who say, “Let Him hurry, let Him do His work quickly, so that we may see it; And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach And come to pass, so that we may know it!”

Isaiah 56:11

And the dogs are greedy, they are never satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unjust gain, without exception.

Isaiah 60:22

“The smallest one will become a thousand, And the least one a mighty nation. I, the Lord, will bring it about quickly in its time.”

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least of them to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet to the priest Everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10

“Therefore I will give their wives to others, Their fields to new owners; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is greedy for gain; From the prophet even to the priest, Everyone practices deceit.

Ezekiel 13:19

For handfuls of barley and pieces of bread, you have profaned Me to My people, to put to death some who should not die, and to keep others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.” ’ ”

Micah 3:11

Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord not in our midst? Catastrophe will not come upon us.”

Habakkuk 3:3

¶God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise.

Malachi 1:10

“If only there were one among you who would shut the gates, so that you would not kindle fire on My altar for nothing! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of armies, “nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

Luke 18:8

I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

Luke 20:20

And so they watched Him closely, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could hand Him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.

Luke 22:47

While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading the way for them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him.

John 2:16

and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making My Father’s house a place of business!”

Romans 16:18

For such people are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like the many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize a widow’s garment as a pledge.

Deuteronomy 32:35

‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution; In due time their foot will slip. For the day of their disaster is near, And the impending things are hurrying to them.’

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is our witness—

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

1 Timothy 3:3

not overindulging in wine, not a bully, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

1 Timothy 3:8

Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not insincere, not prone to drink much wine, not greedy for money,

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

Titus 1:11

who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain.

Titus 1:7

For the overseer must be beyond reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not overindulging in wine, not a bully, not greedy for money,

1 Peter 2:8

and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this they were also appointed.

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not with greed but with eagerness;

2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

2 Peter 2:1

But false prophets also appeared among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:9

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

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have given themselves up to the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

Jude 1:16

These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.

Jude 1:4

For certain people have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into indecent behavior and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:7

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.