2 Peter 2:14-16

False Prophets and Teachers

¹⁴ They have eyes full of adultery, _n insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts _o trained in greed. _p Accursed children! ¹⁵ Forsaking the right way, _q they have gone astray. They have followed _r the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved _s gain from wrongdoing, ¹⁶ but was rebuked for his own transgression; _t a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

1. Cross References
   1 Peter 4:1
   Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Peter 2:3
   And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
   1 Timothy 4:7
   Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness.
   
3. Cross References
   Ephesians 2:3
   Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
   
4. Cross References
   Ezekiel 14:11
   That the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God.
   
5. Cross References
   Numbers 22:5
   Sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pe...
   Numbers 22:7
   So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian ...
   Deuteronomy 23:4
   Because they did not meet you with bread and wi...
   Nehemiah 13:2
   For they did not meet the people of Israel with...
   Jude 1:11
   Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain...
   Revelation 2:14
   But I have a few things against you: you have s...
   
6. Cross References
   2 Peter 2:13
   Suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.
   
7. Cross References
   Numbers 22:21
   So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.
   Numbers 22:23
   And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.
   Numbers 22:28
   Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?