2 Peter 3:7

New Century Version

And that same word of God is keeping heaven and earth that we now have in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the Judgment Day and the destruction of all who are against God.

Cross References

Psalm 102:26

They will be destroyed, but you will remain. They will all wear out like clothes. And, like clothes, you will change them and throw them away.

Psalm 50:3

Our God comes, and he will not be silent. A fire burns in front of him, and a powerful storm surrounds him.

Isaiah 51:6

Look up to the heavens. Look around you at the earth below. The skies will disappear like clouds of smoke. The earth will become useless like old clothes, and its people will die like flies. But my salvation will continue forever, and my goodness will never end.

Isaiah 66:15

Look, the Lord is coming with fire and his armies with clouds of dust. He will punish those people with his anger; he will punish them with flames of fire.

Daniel 7:9

“As I looked, thrones were put in their places, and God, the Eternal One, sat on his throne. His clothes were white like snow, and the hair on his head was white like wool. His throne was made from fire, and the wheels of his throne were blazing with fire.

Zephaniah 3:8

Just wait,” says the Lord. “Someday I will stand up as a witness. I have decided that I will gather nations and assemble kingdoms. I will pour out my anger on them, all my strong anger. My anger will be like fire that will burn up the whole world.

Malachi 4:1

“There is a day coming that will burn like a hot furnace, and all the proud and evil people will be like straw. On that day they will be completely burned up so that not a root or branch will be left,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Matthew 10:15

I tell you the truth, on the Judgment Day it will be better for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah than for the people of that town.

Matthew 11:22

But I tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

Matthew 11:24

But I tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be better for Sodom than for you.”

Matthew 12:36

And I tell you that on the Judgment Day people will be responsible for every careless thing they have said.

Matthew 24:35

Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.

Matthew 25:41

“Then the King will say to those on his left, ‘Go away from me. You will be punished. Go into the fire that burns forever that was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Mark 6:11

If the people in a certain place refuse to welcome you or listen to you, leave that place. Shake its dust off your feet as a warning to them.”

John 12:48

There is a judge for those who refuse to believe in me and do not accept my words. The word I have taught will be their judge on the last day.

Romans 2:5

But you are stubborn and refuse to change, so you are making your own punishment even greater on the day he shows his anger. On that day everyone will see God’s right judgments.

1 Corinthians 3:13

their work will be clearly seen, because the Day of Judgment will make it visible. That Day will appear with fire, and the fire will test everyone’s work to show what sort of work it was.

Philippians 1:28

and that you are not afraid of those who are against you. All of this is proof that your enemies will be destroyed but that you will be saved by God.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Do not let anyone fool you in any way. That day of the Lord will not come until the turning away from God happens and the Man of Evil, who is on his way to hell, appears.

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to become rich bring temptation to themselves and are caught in a trap. They want many foolish and harmful things that ruin and destroy people.

Hebrews 12:29

because our God is like a fire that burns things up.

2 Peter 2:9

So the Lord knows how to save those who serve him when troubles come. He will hold evil people and punish them, while waiting for the Judgment Day.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The skies will disappear with a loud noise. Everything in them will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be exposed.

2 Peter 3:12

as you wait for and look forward to the coming of the day of God. When that day comes, the skies will be destroyed with fire, and everything in them will melt with heat.

1 John 4:17

This is how love is made perfect in us: that we can be without fear on the day God judges us, because in this world we are like him.

Jude 1:7

Also remember the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the other towns around them. In the same way they were full of sexual sin and people who desired sexual relations that God does not allow. They suffer the punishment of eternal fire, as an example for all to see.

Revelation 17:11

The beast that was once alive, but is not alive now, is also an eighth king. He belongs to the first seven kings, and he will go away to be destroyed.

Revelation 17:8

The beast you saw was once alive but is not alive now. But soon it will come up out of the bottomless pit and go away to be destroyed. There are people who live on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life since the beginning of the world. They will be amazed when they see the beast, because he was once alive, is not alive now, but will come again.

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne and the One who was sitting on it. Earth and sky ran away from him and disappeared.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and there was no sea anymore.