Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
In all
Hard
Unstable
The other
Unto their own
General references
Bible References
In all
1 Peter 1:1
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen who are residing temporarily in the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Hard
1 Kings 10:1
Now the queen of Sheba had heard of the fame of Solomon regarding the name of Yahweh, and she came to test him with hard questions.
Hebrews 5:11
Concerning this {we have much to say and it is difficult to explain}, since you have become sluggish in hearing.
Unstable
2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of [desire for] an adulteress and unceasing from sin, enticing unstable persons, [and] having hearts trained for greediness. Accursed children!
Genesis 49:4
Unstable as water, you shall not excel [any longer], for you went up upon the bed of your father, then defiled [it]. You went up upon my couch!
2 Timothy 3:5
maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these [people].
James 1:8
[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Wrest
Exodus 23:2
You will not {follow} a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority to pervert [justice].
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.
Psalm 56:5
All day they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.
Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice does not go forth perpetually. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.
The other
Jeremiah 23:36
But you shall not mention the burden of Yahweh, for the burden is to each one his word, and so you twist the words of [the] living God, Yahweh of hosts, our God
Matthew 15:3
So he answered [and] said to them, "Why do you also break the commandment of God because of your tradition?
Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered [and] said to them, "You are mistaken, [because] you do not know the scriptures or the power of God!
Unto their own
2 Peter 2:1
But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in {destructive heresies}, even denying the Master who bought them, [thus] bringing on themselves swift destruction.
Philippians 3:19
whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the stomach, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.
1 Peter 2:8
and "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense," who stumble [because they] disobey the word to which also they were consigned.
Jude 1:4
For certain men have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
General references
Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and [if] you scoff, alone you shall bear [it].
Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.
1 Timothy 5:15
For already some have turned away [and followed] after Satan.
James 1:8
[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.