2 Peter 2:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Peter 2:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Peter 2:12 is a verse from the book of 2 Peter in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; a..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Peter 2:12 — KJV
“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;”
— 2 Peter 2:12 (KJV)
2 Peter 2:12 in Context — About the Book of 2 Peter
2 Peter is a dying apostle's reminder service: God's divine power has already given us everything needed for life and godliness through precious promises. It warns against scoffers and false teachers, explains the Lord's patience — not slow but not willing that any perish — and calls us to grow in grace.
Cross-References for 2 Peter 2:12
“But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:12: these, natural, brute
“Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:12: made, taken, destroyed
“Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:12: made, things, understand
“And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. made...: or, shall be violently taken away”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:12: these, made, taken
“As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:12: these, speak, things
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