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2 Peter 2:14-22 True and False Teachers

14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood!

15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—who spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

18 For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.

19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.

22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”

Cross References for 2 Peter 2:14-22

Revelation 12:9 - The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the... Click to read the verse Revelation 12:9 Click to read the verse Revelation 12:9

Genesis 6:2 - the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they... Click to read the verse Genesis 6:2 Click to read the verse Genesis 6:2

1 John 2:16 - For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting o... Click to read the verse 1 John 2:16 Click to read the verse 1 John 2:16

Genesis 39:7 - and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!” Click to read the verse Genesis 39:7 Click to read the verse Genesis 39:7

Matthew 5:28 - But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with h... Click to read the verse Matthew 5:28 Click to read the verse Matthew 5:28

Matthew 12:34 - You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the... Click to read the verse Matthew 12:34 Click to read the verse Matthew 12:34

Jude 1:11 - Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; ... Click to read the verse Jude 1:11 Click to read the verse Jude 1:11

Matthew 25:41 - “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal f... Click to read the verse Matthew 25:41 Click to read the verse Matthew 25:41

Ephesians 2:3 - All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and f... Click to read the verse Ephesians 2:3 Click to read the verse Ephesians 2:3

Ezekiel 13:18 - and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all th... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 13:18 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 13:18

John 5:44 - How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the pra... Click to read the verse John 5:44 Click to read the verse John 5:44

Colossians 3:6 - Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. Click to read the verse Colossians 3:6 Click to read the verse Colossians 3:6

Hebrews 13:5 - Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has ... Click to read the verse Hebrews 13:5 Click to read the verse Hebrews 13:5

Ephesians 2:2 - in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the king... Click to read the verse Ephesians 2:2 Click to read the verse Ephesians 2:2

Proverbs 4:16 - For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall. Click to read the verse Proverbs 4:16 Click to read the verse Proverbs 4:16

Genesis 49:4 - Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto... Click to read the verse Genesis 49:4 Click to read the verse Genesis 49:4

James 1:8 - he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. Click to read the verse James 1:8 Click to read the verse James 1:8

Hebrews 12:11 - No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest... Click to read the verse Hebrews 12:11 Click to read the verse Hebrews 12:11

Job 31:9 - “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, Click to read the verse Job 31:9 Click to read the verse Job 31:9

Ephesians 5:3 - But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, o... Click to read the verse Ephesians 5:3 Click to read the verse Ephesians 5:3

Isaiah 1:16 - wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:16 Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:16

2 Peter 3:16 - He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters conta... Click to read the verse 2 Peter 3:16 Click to read the verse 2 Peter 3:16

Ephesians 4:14 - Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there... Click to read the verse Ephesians 4:14 Click to read the verse Ephesians 4:14

2 Timothy 3:8 - Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth—men of depraved mi... Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 3:8 Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 3:8

Luke 12:15 - Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life doe... Click to read the verse Luke 12:15 Click to read the verse Luke 12:15

Colossians 2:18 - Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for t... Click to read the verse Colossians 2:18 Click to read the verse Colossians 2:18

Romans 8:7 - the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Click to read the verse Romans 8:7 Click to read the verse Romans 8:7

2 Timothy 3:3 - without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 3:3 Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 3:3

Jeremiah 22:17 - “But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 22:17 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 22:17

Isaiah 57:17 - I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:17 Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:17

Psalms 119:36 - Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Click to read the verse Psalms 119:36 Click to read the verse Psalms 119:36

2 Samuel 11:2-4 - One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roo... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 11:2-4 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 11:2-4

Isaiah 65:20 - “Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not... Click to read the verse Isaiah 65:20 Click to read the verse Isaiah 65:20

Proverbs 6:25 - Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes, Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:25 Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:25

Ezekiel 6:9 - Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me—how... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:9 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:9

Job 31:7 - if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have... Click to read the verse Job 31:7 Click to read the verse Job 31:7

Romans 16:18 - For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and fl... Click to read the verse Romans 16:18 Click to read the verse Romans 16:18

2 Peter 2:3 - In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnati... Click to read the verse 2 Peter 2:3 Click to read the verse 2 Peter 2:3

Isaiah 34:5 - My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; see, it descends in judgment on Edom, the people I ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 34:5 Click to read the verse Isaiah 34:5

2 Peter 2:18 - For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human n... Click to read the verse 2 Peter 2:18 Click to read the verse 2 Peter 2:18

Mark 13:22 - For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the ... Click to read the verse Mark 13:22 Click to read the verse Mark 13:22

1 Corinthians 11:19 - No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval. Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 11:19 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 11:19

Jeremiah 17:11 - Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay is the man who gains riches by unjust means. ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:11 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:11

Jeremiah 13:23 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are acc... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:23 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:23

Hosea 1:2 - Hosea’s Wife and Children When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go... Click to read the verse Hosea 1:2 Click to read the verse Hosea 1:2

Isaiah 44:18 - They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, a... Click to read the verse Isaiah 44:18 Click to read the verse Isaiah 44:18

Ezekiel 23:16 - As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:16

Galatians 1:8 - But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to... Click to read the verse Galatians 1:8 Click to read the verse Galatians 1:8

John 12:39 - For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: Click to read the verse John 12:39 Click to read the verse John 12:39