2 Peter 2:9

Protection and safety Trials and adversity Salvation Judgment

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;)

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

¹⁰ But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

¹¹ Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
KJV: The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
WEB: then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
ASV: the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;
DARBY: [the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;
BLB: [then] the Lord knows to deliver the devout out of trial and to keep the unrighteous being punished unto the day of judgment,

ÅB: Herren vet å frelse de gudfryktige fra fristelse, men å holde de urettferdige i varetekt med straff til dommens dag.
OTB: så vet Herren hvordan han skal redde de gudfryktige fra en prøvelse, og holde de urettferdige under straff for dommens dag,
B1930: så sant vet Herren å utfri de gudfryktige av fristelser, men å holde de urettferdige i varetekt med straff til dommens dag,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 34:15–19
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
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1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
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Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
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2 Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
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Jude 1:14–15
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
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2 Peter 3:7
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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2 Corinthians 5:10–11
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
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Job 5:19
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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