2 Peter 2:21

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.

It had

The way

Proverbs 12:28

Proverbs 16:31

Matthew 21:32

To turn

Holy

Romans 7:12

1 Thessalonians 4:2

General references

Bible References

It had

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.

“If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin.

But now that you say, ‘We see’—your sin remains.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin.

Now they have no excuse for their sin.

The way

There is life in the path of righteousness,
but another path leads to death.

Gray hair is a glorious crown;
it is found in the way of righteousness.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness,

and you didn’t believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, when you saw it, didn’t even change your minds then and believe him.

To turn

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.

Peace be with Israel.

Now if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

But when a righteous person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.

And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

and those who turn back from following the Lord,
who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.

Holy

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

General references

Abraham answered him, “Make sure that you don’t take my son back there.

So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.”

But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these:

the camel, the hare, and the hyrax,
though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves—
they are unclean for you;

Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again.

When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die on account of this.

The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. And its collapse was great!”

saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

Remember Lot’s wife!

For some have already turned away to follow Satan.