2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth to deliuer the godly out of tentation, and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement vnder punishment.
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Job 5:19He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
Psalms 4:3For be ye sure that the Lord hath chosen to himselfe a godly man: the Lord will heare when I call vnto him.
Psalms 32:6Therefore shall euery one, that is godly, make his prayer vnto thee in a time, when thou mayest be founde: surely in the flood of great waters they shall not come neere him.
Proverbs 16:4The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake: yea, euen the wicked for the day of euill.
1 Corinthians 10:13There hath no tentation taken you, but such as appertaine to man: and God is faithfull, which will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able, but wil euen giue the issue with the tentation, that ye may be able to beare it.
2 Timothy 3:12Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.
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 →