2 Peter 3:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

The heavens

Against

And perdition

Revelation 17:8

General references

Psalm 114:4

Psalm 136:6

Proverbs 27:12

Bible References

The heavens

And the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a loud noise, and the elements, suffering from excessive heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burned down.

Our God shall come, and he will not be silent: a fire shall consume before him, and it stormed greatly round about him.

They shall perish and thou shalt stand. And all they shall fall away as a garment; as clothing thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look to the earth from beneath: for the heavens as smoke vanished away, and the earth as a garment shall decay, and they inhabiting as thus shall die; and my salvation shall be forever, and my justice shall not be broken.

For this, wait for me, says Jehovah, to the day of my rising up for a testimony: for my judgment is to assemble the nations for my gathering the kingdoms to pour upon them my wrath, all the burning of mine anger: for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be devoured.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words should not pass away.

Then shall he say to them from the left, Go away from me, the cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers:

In fire of flame giving vengeance to them not knowing God, and to them not listening to the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ:

And I saw a great white throne, and him sitting upon it, from the face of whom the earth and the heaven fled; and there was found no place for them.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and first earth passed away; and the sea was no more.

Against

The Lord knows to deliver the religious out of temptation, and to keep the unjust restrained for the day of judgment;

Verily I say to you, it shall be more supportable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

But I say to you, To Tyre and Sidon shall it be more supportable in the day of judgment, than to you.

And I say to you, That every idle word which men speak, they shill return word for it in the day of judgment.

And as many as receive you not, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the heap of dust under your feet for testimony to them. Truly I say to you, It shall be more supportable for the Sodomites or Gomorrhites in the day of judgment, than that city.

In this has love been completed with us, that we might have freedom of speech in the day of judgment: for as he is, so are we in this world.

And perdition

And according to thy hardness and impenitent heart thou treasurest up to thyself anger in the day of anger and revelation of the just judgment of God;

And terrified in nothing by them being hostile to you: which to them is truly an indication of destruction, and to you of salvation, and this from God.

Let none deceive you in any manner: for, except an apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition.

The wild beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up from the abyss, and go forward to perdition: and they dwelling upon the earth shall wonder, whose names have not been written upon the book of life from the foundation of the world, seeing the wild beast that was, and is not, although he is.

General references

The mountains leaped as rains, the hills as the sons of the flock.

To him spreading the earth upon the sea: for his mercy is forever.

The prudent one saw the evil, he hid himself; the simple passed and were punished.