2 Timothy 2:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

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Referenced Verses

  • Titus 3:9 : 9 But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.
  • 1 Tim 4:7 : 7 But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:
  • 2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
  • 2 Tim 2:16 : 16 But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
  • 1 Tim 6:4-5 : 4 He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts, 5 Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
  • 1 Tim 1:4 : 4 Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Titus 3:9-10
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    9 But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.

    10 A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;

  • 2 Tim 2:24-25
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    78%

    24 For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

    25 Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

  • 1 Tim 6:3-5
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    76%

    3 If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,

    4 He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,

    5 Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.

  • 1 Tim 1:4
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    4 Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;

  • 2 Tim 2:22
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    22 But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.

  • 2 Tim 2:14-16
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    14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

    15 Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

    16 But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

  • 1 Tim 6:20
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    20 O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

  • Prov 20:3
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    3 It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7 But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:

  • Prov 17:14
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    14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

  • 1 Tim 1:6-7
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    6 From which some have been turned away, giving themselves to foolish talking;

    7 Desiring to be teachers of the law, though they have no knowledge of what they say or of the statements which they make so certainly.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

  • Rom 16:17
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    17 Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.

  • Titus 1:14
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    14 Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.

  • 1 Tim 6:11
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    11 But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

  • 1 Pet 2:15
    67%

    15 Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

  • Jas 3:14
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    14 But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

  • Prov 25:8
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    8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

  • Prov 15:1
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    1 By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

  • Col 2:23
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    23 These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.

  • Titus 3:2-3
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    2 To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

    3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

  • Gal 5:26
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    26 Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.

  • 2 Tim 3:7
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    7 Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.

  • 2 Pet 3:16-17
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    16 And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

    17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

  • Prov 14:7
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    7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

  • 1 Cor 14:38
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    38 But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so.

  • Jas 4:1
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    1 What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • 2 Tim 2:4
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    4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5 Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

  • Titus 2:9
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    9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

  • Prov 19:27
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    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Phil 2:14
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    14 Do all things without protests and arguments;

  • Prov 4:15
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    15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

  • Jas 3:16
    66%

    16 For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • 2 Tim 3:14
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    14 But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;

  • Prov 15:18
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    18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.