2 Peter 2:8
(for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] lawless deeds):
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In Context
7and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked
Cross References
Psalms 119:139My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
Proverbs 25:26[As] a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, [So is] a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
Ezekiel 9:4And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
James 5:16Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
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 →