2 Peter 3:10

New Living Translation

But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.

Cross References

Psalm 102:26

They will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them.

Psalm 46:6

The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God’s voice thunders, and the earth melts!

Psalm 97:5

The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth has broken up. It has utterly collapsed; it is violently shaken.

Isaiah 34:4

The heavens above will melt away and disappear like a rolled-up scroll. The stars will fall from the sky like withered leaves from a grapevine, or shriveled figs from a fig tree.

Isaiah 51:6

Look up to the skies above, and gaze down on the earth below. For the skies will disappear like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing. The people of the earth will die like flies, but my salvation lasts forever. My righteous rule will never end!

Joel 1:15

The day of the Lord is near, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!

Joel 2:1

Sound the trumpet in Jerusalem! Raise the alarm on my holy mountain! Let everyone tremble in fear because the day of the Lord is upon us.

Joel 2:31

The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.

Joel 3:14

Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision. There the day of the Lord will soon arrive.

Amos 9:13

“The time will come,” says the Lord, “when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine!

Amos 9:5

The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, touches the land and it melts, and all its people mourn. The ground rises like the Nile River at floodtime, and then it sinks again.

Micah 1:4

The mountains melt beneath his feet and flow into the valleys like wax in a fire, like water pouring down a hill.

Nahum 1:5

In his presence the mountains quake, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles, and its people are destroyed.

Malachi 4:5

“Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

Mark 13:31

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

Luke 12:39

“Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would not permit his house to be broken into.

Romans 8:20

Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope,

1 Corinthians 1:8

He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

1 Corinthians 5:5

Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved on the day the Lord returns.

2 Corinthians 1:14

even if you don’t understand us now. Then on the day when the Lord Jesus returns, you will be proud of us in the same way we are proud of you.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief.

2 Peter 3:11

Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live,

2 Peter 3:12

looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.

2 Peter 3:7

And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.

Jude 1:6

And I remind you of the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they belonged. God has kept them securely chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the great day of judgment.

Revelation 16:15

“Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.”

Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone.

Revelation 3:3

Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.

Revelation 6:14

The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.