2 Peter 2:9

9 then the Lord knows how to yrescue the godly from trials,1 and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

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Romans 15:31
that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

2 Corinthians 1:10
He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

2 Thessalonians 3:2
and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.

2 Timothy 3:11
my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.

2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

2 Peter 2:7
and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked


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ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]