Titus 3:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

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  • 2 Tim 2:24-25 : 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 3:3 : 3 Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
  • Col 3:12-13 : 12 As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things; 13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry; 20 For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
  • 1 Pet 2:17-18 : 17 Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king. 18 Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.
  • 1 Thess 5:14-15 : 14 And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all. 15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
  • Phil 4:5 : 5 Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
  • Acts 23:5 : 5 And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.
  • 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;
  • 2 Sam 22:36 : 36 You have given me the breastplate of your salvation, and your mercy has made me great.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
  • 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:
  • Jude 1:8 : 8 In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.
  • Jude 1:10 : 10 But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.
  • Prov 19:19 : 19 A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

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  • 2 Tim 2:24-25
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    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,

  • Titus 2:7-10
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    7 In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,

    8 Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

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

    10 Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

  • Titus 3:1
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    1 Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,

  • 1 Tim 3:3
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    3 Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

  • Titus 3:3
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    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.

  • 1 Pet 3:8-10
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    8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

    9 Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

    10 For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

  • 1 Thess 5:14-15
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    14 And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.

    15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

  • Eph 4:2
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    2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

  • Eph 4:31
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    31 Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

  • Rom 12:17-18
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    17 Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

    18 As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

  • 1 Pet 2:1
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    1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

  • 1 Pet 3:15-16
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    15 But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

    16 Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

  • Phil 2:3
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    3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

  • Jas 3:17
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    17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

  • Prov 3:30
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    30 Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

  • Gal 5:23
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    23 Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12 Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

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    13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

  • Titus 1:7-8
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    7 For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;

    8 But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;

  • Col 3:8
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    8 But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

  • 1 Cor 10:32
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    32 Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16 Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

  • Col 3:12-13
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    12 As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

    13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

  • Titus 2:2
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    2 That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

  • 1 Pet 2:15
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    15 Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

  • 1 Pet 4:15
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    15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

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    15 On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
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    15 Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.

  • Heb 12:14
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    14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

  • Jas 3:2
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    2 For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

  • Phil 2:14-15
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    14 Do all things without protests and arguments;

    15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

  • Rom 15:2
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    2 Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • 2 Cor 10:1
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    1 Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

  • Eph 4:29
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    29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

  • 1 Tim 2:2
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    2 For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.