2 Peter 2:21

Indeed it would have been better for them not to have known the Way of Righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.

Luke 12:47

"The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,

Romans 7:12

So then the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Hebrews 6:4-6

For in the case of those who have been once for all enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift,

Matthew 11:23-24

"And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.

Matthew 21:32

"For John came to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.

John 9:41

"If you were blind," Jesus answered them, "you would have no sin. But now you are declaring, 'We see'; so your sin remains.

John 15:22

"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what charges I laid upon you through the Lord Jesus.

James 4:17

So to him who knows how to do right and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

The way

Bible References

It had

Matthew 11:23
"And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.
Luke 12:47
"The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,
John 9:41
"If you were blind," Jesus answered them, "you would have no sin. But now you are declaring, 'We see'; so your sin remains.
John 15:22
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

The way

Matthew 21:32
"For John came to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.

Holy

Romans 7:12
So then the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know what charges I laid upon you through the Lord Jesus.

General references

Matthew 7:27
"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."
Luke 14:30
"'This fellow began to build and could not finish.'
Luke 17:32
"Remember Lot's wife!
1 Timothy 5:15
For already some widows have gone astray after Satan.