2 Peter 2:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by their lawless deeds that he saw and heard),

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of tears because your law is not kept.

Psalm 119:139

My zeal consumes me because my foes forget your words.

Psalm 119:158

I look at the faithless with disgust because they do not keep your commands.

Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain are the righteous who give way before the wicked.

Proverbs 28:12

When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory, but when the wicked prevail, people go into hiding.

Ezekiel 9:4

and said to him, “Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of those who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”

Ezekiel 9:6

Cut down old men, young men and young women, little children and women, but touch no one who has the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the house.

1 Timothy 1:9

this means understanding that the law is laid down not for the righteous but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers,

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain’s. Through this he received approval as righteous, God himself giving approval to his gifts; he died, but through his faith he still speaks.

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.