2 Peter 2:8
(for that righteous man dwelling among them day after day, in the sight and hearing of their lawless deeds, it anguished his righteous soul),
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7and he rescued righteous Lot, being distressed by the conduct of the lawless in their licentiousness
Cross References
Psalms 119:139My zeal has consumed me, because my adversaries have forgotten thy words.
Proverbs 25:26A troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, [is] a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Ezekiel 9:4And LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and who cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.
Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy. Yea, those who work wickedness are built up. Yea, they challenge God, and escape.
James 5:16Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 2:8-10
Divine Judgments. ( a. d. 67.) 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: When God sends destruction on the ungodly, he commands deliverance for the righteous; and, if he rain fire and brimstone on the wicked, he… Read the whole commentary →