2 Peter 3:4 Cross References - ISV

⁴ by saying, “What happened to the Messiah’s promise to return? Ever since our ancestors died, everything continues as it did from the beginning of creation.”

¹⁴ Lot then went out and told his sons-in-law (they had married his daughters), “Get out of here! The LORD is going to destroy this city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

⁹ Whatever has happened, will happen again; whatever has been done, will be done again. There is nothing new on earth.

¹¹ The Wisdom of Fearing GodWhenever a sentence for a crime is not carried out swiftly, the human mind becomes determined to commit evil.

¹⁸ Judgment on Mockers“How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope; ¹⁹ who say: ‘Let God be quick, let him speed up his work so we may see it! Let it happen! let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near, so we may recognize it!’”

¹² “They have lied about the LORD by saying, ‘He wouldn’t do that! Disaster won’t come on us. We won’t see sword and famine. ¹³ The prophets are nothing but wind, and the word is not in them. So may the disaster happen to them!’”

¹⁵ Look, they’re saying to me, “Where is the message from the LORD? Let it come about!”

³ They keep saying, ‘The right time to build families hasn’t yet arrived. The city is the pot and we are the meat.’

²² “Son of Man, what’s this proverb you have concerning Israel’s land that says, ‘The days pass slowly and every vision ends in nothing.’? ²³ Therefore you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says, “I’m about to put an end to use of this proverb in Israel. It will never be used again as a proverb in Israel. Instead, tell them that the days are drawing near when every vision will be fulfilled. ²⁴ There will no longer be worthless visions and flattering divinations in the midst of Israel’s house. ²⁵ Because I am the LORD, I’ll speak and the message that I communicate will be accomplished without delay. While you continue to be a rebellious house, I’ll speak the message and then fulfill it,” declares the Lord GOD.’”
²⁶ The Imminent FulfillmentLater, this message came to me from the LORD: ²⁷ “Son of Man, pay attention! The house of Israel keeps on saying, ‘The vision that he’s talking about concerns the distant future. He’s prophesying concerning times that are far in the future!’

¹⁷ God’s Fifth Complaint: Against His People—Complaining about God.“You have wearied the LORD with your words. You ask, ‘How have we wearied you?’ By your saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD and he’s pleased with them,’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’”

²⁸ Wherever there’s a corpse, there the vultures will gather.

⁴⁸ “But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master has been delayed,’

⁶ But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

¹⁹ because those days will be a time of suffering, a kind that has not happened from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and certainly will never happen again.

⁴⁵ But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time to come back,’ and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

¹⁹ After all, who is our hope, joy, or reason for rejoicing in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming? It is you, isn’t it?

¹⁴ The Letter to the Church in Laodicea“To the messenger of the church in Laodicea, write:
‘The Amen, the witness who is faithful and true, the originator of God’s creation, says this: