2 Peter 2:14

New International Reader's Version

They stare at women who are not their wives. They want to sleep with them. They never stop sinning. They trap those who are not firm in their faith. They have mastered the art of getting what they want. God has placed them under his judgment.

Cross References

Job 31:7

Suppose my steps have turned away from the right path. Suppose my heart has wanted what my eyes have seen. Or suppose my hands have become ‘unclean.’

Job 31:9

“Suppose my heart has been tempted by a woman. Or suppose I’ve prowled around my neighbor’s home.

Proverbs 5:6

She doesn’t give any thought to her way of life. Her paths have no direction, but she doesn’t realize it.

Proverbs 6:25

Don’t hunger in your heart after her beauty. Don’t let her eyes capture you.

Isaiah 1:16

So wash and make yourselves clean. Get your evil actions out of my sight! Stop doing what is wrong!

Isaiah 34:5

The sword of the Lord will finish its deadly work in the sky. Then it will come down to strike Edom. He will totally destroy that nation.

Isaiah 65:20

“Babies in Jerusalem will no longer live only a few days. Old people will not fail to live for a very long time. Those who live to the age of 100 will be thought of as mere children when they die. Those who die before they are 100 will be considered as having been under God’s curse.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can people from Ethiopia change their skin? Can leopards change their spots? It’s the same with you. You have always done what is evil. So how can you do what is good?

Ezekiel 13:18

Tell them, ‘Here is what the Lord and King says. “How terrible it will be for you women who sew magic charms to put around your wrists! You make veils of different lengths to put on your heads. You do these things to trap people. You trap my people. But you will also be trapped.

Matthew 12:34

You nest of poisonous snakes! How can you who are evil say anything good? Your mouths say everything that is in your hearts.

Matthew 25:41

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘You are cursed! Go away from me into the fire that burns forever. It has been prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 5:28

But here is what I tell you. Do not even look at a woman in the wrong way. Anyone who does has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Mark 13:22

False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will do signs and miracles. They will try to fool God’s chosen people if possible.

John 5:44

You accept praise from one another. But you do not seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

Romans 16:18

People like that are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving only themselves. With smooth talk and with words they don’t mean they fool people who don’t know any better.

1 Corinthians 11:19

Do you really think you need to take sides? You probably think God favors one side over the other!

Ephesians 2:3

At one time we all lived among them. Our desires were controlled by sin. We tried to satisfy what they wanted us to do. We followed our desires and thoughts. God was angry with us like he was with everyone else. That’s because of the kind of people we all were.

Ephesians 4:14

We will no longer be babies in the faith. We won’t be like ships tossed around by the waves. We won’t be blown here and there by every new teaching. We won’t be blown around by cleverness and tricks. Certain people use them to hide their evil plans.

Colossians 2:18

Some people enjoy pretending they aren’t proud. They worship angels. But don’t let people like that judge you. These people tell you every little thing about what they have seen. They are proud of their useless ideas. That’s because their minds are not guided by the Holy Spirit.

James 1:8

This kind of person can’t make up their mind. They can never decide what to do.

2 Peter 2:18

They speak empty, bragging words. They make their appeal to the evil desires that come from sin’s power. They tempt new believers who are just escaping from the company of sinful people.

2 Peter 2:3

These teachers are never satisfied. They want to get something out of you. So they make up stories to take advantage of you. They have been under a sentence of death for a long time. The God who will destroy them has not been sleeping.

2 Peter 3:16

Paul writes the same way in all his letters. He speaks about what I have just told you. His letters include some things that are hard to understand. People who don’t know better and aren’t firm in the faith twist what he says. They twist the other Scriptures too. So they will be destroyed.

1 John 2:16

Here is what people who belong to this world do. They try to satisfy what their sinful desires want to do. They long for what their sinful eyes look at. They take pride in what they have and what they do. All of this comes from the world. None of it comes from the Father.

Jude 1:11

How terrible it will be for them! They have followed the way of Cain. They have rushed into the same mistake Balaam made. They did it because they loved money. They are like Korah. He turned against his leaders. These people will certainly be destroyed, just as Korah was.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down to the earth, and his angels with him. The dragon is that old serpent called the devil, or Satan. He leads the whole world astray.