2Pe 2:15-16, 19, Jude 4, 11 | ESV | STEP | Forsaking the right way , they have gone astray . They have followed the way of Balaam , the son of Beor , who loved gain from wrongdoing ,

2 Peter 2:15-16

15 Forsaking the right way, ^athey have gone astray. They have followed ^bthe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^cgain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^da speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

2 Peter 2:19

19 They promise them ^efreedom, ^fbut they themselves are slaves ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

Jude 4

4 For ^hcertain people ⁱhave crept in unnoticed ^jwho long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert ^kthe grace of our God into sensuality and ^ldeny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Jude 11

11 Woe to them! For they walked in ^mthe way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain ⁿto Balaam’s error and ^operished in Korah’s rebellion.