2 Thessalonians 1:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

inflicting vengeance upon those who do not know God and upon those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Cross References

Genesis 3:24

He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

2 Samuel 23:7

but the man who touches them arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear, and they are utterly consumed with fire.”

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.

Psalm 79:6

Pour out thy anger on the nations that do not know thee, and on the kingdoms that do not call on thy name!

Psalm 9:10

And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.

Psalm 94:1

O Lord, thou God of vengeance, thou God of vengeance, shine forth!

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should heed his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”

Isaiah 1:19

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

Isaiah 1:28

But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, he that formed them will show them no favor.

Isaiah 61:2

to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the peoples that call not on thy name; for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

Jeremiah 9:6

Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, says the Lord.

Daniel 7:10

A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;

Matthew 25:46

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 3:19

And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 8:19

They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

Acts 6:7

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

Romans 10:16

But they have not all obeyed the gospel; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”

Romans 15:18

For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has wrought through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed,

Romans 16:26

but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come to your right mind, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

2 Corinthians 10:5

We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Galatians 3:1

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?

Galatians 4:8

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were in bondage to beings that by nature are no gods;

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.

Deuteronomy 4:11

And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.

Deuteronomy 4:30

When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice,

Deuteronomy 5:5

while I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said:

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in the passion of lust like heathen who do not know God;

Hebrews 10:27

but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries.

Hebrews 10:30

For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go.

Hebrews 12:29

for our God is a consuming fire.

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,

Hebrews 5:9

and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

1 Peter 1:2

chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

1 Peter 3:6

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are now her children if you do right and let nothing terrify you.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

2 Peter 3:7

But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist have been stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Jude 1:7

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Revelation 20:10

and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 6:10

they cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?”

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they had no regard for the Lord.