2 Peter 2:8

Living among them, righteous Lot was daily tormented in his soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard. It matters because the godly should feel grief, not comfort, in the presence of sin.

Cross-references · 10

• Ps 119:158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
• Ezek 9:4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
• Ps 119:136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
• Prov 25:26A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
• Ps 119:139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
• Mal 3:15–17And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
• 1 Tim 1:9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
• Jas 5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
• Prov 28:12When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
• Ezek 9:6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

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