2 Peter 3:16

New American Standard Bible 2020

as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which there are some things that are hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Cross References

Genesis 49:4

“Uncontrollable as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.

1 Kings 10:1

Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon in relation to the name of the Lord, she came to test him with riddles.

Psalm 56:5

All day long they distort my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to join together with a crowd in order to pervert justice;

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

Jeremiah 23:36

For you will no longer remember the pronouncement of the Lord, because every person’s own word will become the pronouncement, and you have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of armies, our God.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the Law is ignored, And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out confused.

Matthew 15:3

And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves also break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

Matthew 15:6

he is not to honor his father or mother.’ And by this you have invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Matthew 22:29

But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, since you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not distort justice, you shall not show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who have their minds on earthly things.

Hebrews 5:11

Concerning him we have much to say, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become poor listeners.

James 1:8

being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as strangers, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen

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.

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 2:14

having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having hearts trained in greed, accursed children;

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found spotless and blameless by Him, at peace,

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 1:4

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.