Verse 11

Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
  • 2 Tim 3:10 : 10 But thou didst follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
  • 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Phil 3:17 : 17 Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.
  • 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;
  • 1 Thess 2:14 : 14 For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
  • 1 Cor 4:16 : 16 I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
  • 1 Cor 11:1 : 1 Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.
  • 1 John 3:6-9 : 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him. 7 [ My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous: 8 he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.