Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

Through

Bible References

Escaped

2 Peter 2:18
For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
2 Peter 1:4
And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

Through

2 Peter 1:2
May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

The latter

Numbers 24:20
Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.
Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.

General references

Genesis 24:6
And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
Leviticus 14:43
And if the disease comes out again in the house after he has taken out the stones and after the walls have been rubbed and the new paste put on,
Deuteronomy 14:7
But even among these, there are some which may not be used for food: such as the camel, the hare, and the coney, which are unclean to you, because, though their food comes back, the horn of their feet is not parted in two.
Jeremiah 34:11
But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.
Ezekiel 33:18
When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.
Matthew 7:27
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
Luke 14:30
And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
Luke 17:32
Keep in mind Lot's wife.
1 Timothy 5:15
For even now some are turned away to Satan.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain