2 Peter 2:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Through

With

1 Thessalonians 2:5

Make

General references

Leviticus 15:8

Numbers 22:19

Ezekiel 12:24

Bible References

Through

They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!

These dogs have fierce appetites;
they never have enough.
And they are shepherds
who have no discernment;
all of them turn to their own way,
every last one for his own gain.

For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

You profane Me in front of My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread; you kill those who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to My people, who listen to lies.

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord

among us?

No disaster will overtake us.”

“I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites.

They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.

Did I take advantage of you by anyone I sent you?

not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy—

and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.

For an overseer, as God’s administrator, must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not addicted to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money,

Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;

Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

With

For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.

Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are Your works!
Your enemies will cringe before You
because of Your great strength.

Those who hate the Lord
would pretend submission to Him;
their doom would last forever.

For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy motives—God is our witness—

Make

Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

The merchants of the earth will also weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their merchandise any longer—

General references

If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, he is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

Please stay here overnight as the others did, so that I may find out what else the Lord has to tell me.”

For there will no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.