2 Peter 2:15
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Note NA, SBL, BYZ, and TR Bosor
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- forsaken
- 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Kings 18:18; 1 Kings 19:10; Ezekiel 9:10; Proverbs 28:4; Hosea 14:8; Acts 13:10
- Balaam
- Numbers 22:5–7
- son of Beor
- who.
- Numbers 22:18–21, 23, 28; Numbers 31:16; Deuteronomy 23:4, 5; Micah 6:5; Jude 1:11; Revelation 2:14
- wages
- Acts 1:18