2 Peter 2:8
So that righteous man, who was living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul because of what he saw and heard.
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7But as for the righteous Lot, he was oppressed by the sensual behavior of lawless people.
Cross References
Psalms 119:139Anger has destroyed me 1 because my adversaries forget your words. 1
Proverbs 25:26Like a fouled spring or a ruined fountain 1 is a righteous person tottering before wicked people. 1
Ezekiel 9:4Yahweh said to him, “Pass through the midst of the city—the midst of Jerusalem—and make a mark on the foreheads of those who groan and sigh about all the abominations being performed in the midst of the city.”
Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper, but they even test God and escape.'”
James 5:16So confess your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very strong 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 →