2 Timothy 2:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse.

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  • Titus 3:9 : 9 But foolishe questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and striuinges about the lawe, auoyde: for they are vnprofitable and vayne.
  • 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timotheus, saue that which is geuen thee to kepe, auoydyng prophane and vayne bablynges, and oppositions of science, falslie so called:
  • Ezra 10:10 : 10 And Esdras the priest stoode vp, and sayd vnto them: Ye haue transgressed, & haue taken straunge wyues, to make the trespasse of Israel yet more.
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim is fed with the wynde, & foloweth after the east winde, he dayly encreaseth lyes & destruction, they be confederate with the Assyrians, their oyle is caryed into Egypt.
  • 2 Thess 2:7-8 : 7 For the misterie of iniquitie doth alredie worke, tyll he whiche nowe onlye letteth, be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that wicked be reuealed, whom the Lorde shall consume with the spirite of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightnesse of his commyng:
  • 1 Tim 4:7 : 7 But cast away prophane & old wiues fables: Exercise thy selfe rather vnto godlynesse.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Takyng heede that no man fall away from the grace of God, lest any roote of bitternesse spryngyng vp, trouble you, and therby many be defyled.
  • 2 Pet 2:2 : 2 And many shall folowe their damnable wayes, by whom the way of trueth shalbe euyll spoken of:
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they haue spoken the great swellyng wordes of vanitie, they entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, from them whiche are wrapped in errour,
  • Rev 13:3 : 3 And I sawe one of his heades, as it were wounded to death, and his deadly wounde was healed: And all the world wondred after the beast.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth, by the meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the syght of the beast, saying to them that dwelt on the earth, that they shoulde make the image of the beast which had the wounde of a sworde, and dyd lyue.
  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your reioycing is not good. Knowe ye not, that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe?
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceaued. Euyll wordes, corrupt good maners.
  • 2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Of these thynges put them in remembraunce, testifie before the Lorde, that they striue not about wordes to no profite, but to the peruertyng of ye hearers.
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But the euyll men and deceauers, shall waxe worse and worse, deceauyng and deceaued.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake.
  • Titus 1:14 : 14 Not takyng heede to Iewes fables and comaundementes of men, turnyng from the trueth.

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  • 1 Tim 6:20-21
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    20O Timotheus, saue that which is geuen thee to kepe, auoydyng prophane and vayne bablynges, and oppositions of science, falslie so called:

    21Which some professyng, haue erred concernyng the fayth. Grace be with thee. Amen. Sent from Laodicea, which is the chiefest citie of Phrygia Pacaciana.

  • 2 Tim 2:17
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    17And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus,

  • 1 Tim 1:6
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    6From the whiche thynges, some hauyng erred, haue tourned vnto vayne ianglyng:

  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
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    14Of these thynges put them in remembraunce, testifie before the Lorde, that they striue not about wordes to no profite, but to the peruertyng of ye hearers.

    15Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth.

  • Titus 3:9
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    9But foolishe questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and striuinges about the lawe, auoyde: for they are vnprofitable and vayne.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7But cast away prophane & old wiues fables: Exercise thy selfe rather vnto godlynesse.

  • 1 Tim 6:3-5
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    3Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse:

    4He is puft vp, knowyng nothing, but dotyng about questions and strifes of wordes, wherof commeth enuie, stryfe, raylynges, euyll surmysynges,

    5Uayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes, destitute of the trueth, thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse. From suche be thou separate.

  • 2 Pet 2:2-3
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    2And many shall folowe their damnable wayes, by whom the way of trueth shalbe euyll spoken of:

    3And through couetousnesse, shall they with fayned wordes make marchaudize of you, whose iudgement is nowe not farre of, and their damnation sleepeth not.

  • 2 Pet 2:18
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    18For when they haue spoken the great swellyng wordes of vanitie, they entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, from them whiche are wrapped in errour,

  • 1 Tim 1:4
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    4Neither geue heede to fables and endlesse genealogies, whiche breede questions, more then godly edifying which is in fayth.

  • 2 Tim 2:23
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    23But foolishe & vnlearned questions put from thee, knowyng that they do but gender strife.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15Haue a care of these thinges, and geue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest in all thynges.

  • 2 Tim 3:5-7
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    5Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse, but denying the power therof: turne away from these.

    6These are they, which enter into houses, & leade captiue simple women laden with sinne, caryed with diuers lustes:

    7Euer learnyng, and neuer able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes: For, because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience.

  • Titus 1:10-11
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    10For there are many vnruly, and vayne talkers, and deceauers of myndes, specially they that are of ye circumcision,

    11Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake.

  • Titus 1:14-16
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    14Not takyng heede to Iewes fables and comaundementes of men, turnyng from the trueth.

    15Unto the pure, are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng, is nothyng pure, but euen the mynde and conscience of them is defyled.

    16They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.

  • 2 Tim 3:9
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    9But they shall preuayle no longer. For their madnesse shalbe manifest vnto all men as also theirs was.

  • Jude 1:10-11
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    10But these speake euyl of those thinges which they knowe not: & what thinges they know naturally, as beastes which are without reason, in those thynges they corrupt them selues.

    11Wo be vnto the, for they haue folowed the way of Cain, and are vtterly geuen to the errour of Balaam for lucres sake, and perishe in the gaynsaying of Core.

  • Jude 1:18-19
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    18Howe that they tolde you, that there shoulde be begilers in ye last tyme, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes.

    19These are makers of sectes, fleshlie, hauyng not the spirite.

  • 2 Tim 4:4
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    4And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
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    12But these, as bruite beastes ledde with sensualitie, and made to be taken and destroyed, speake euyll of the thynges that they vnderstande not, and shall perishe through their owne corruption,

  • 1 Pet 2:1-2
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    1Wherefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse, and all guile, and faynednesse, and enuie, and all backbityng,

    2And as newe borne babes, desire ye ye milke of the worde, which is without deceipt: that ye may growe therby vnto saluatio

  • Titus 2:8
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    8Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you.

  • Col 2:23
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    23Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.

  • 2 Pet 2:10
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    10But chiefely them that walke after the fleshe in the lust of vncleanenesse, and despise auctoritie. Presumptious are they, and stande in their owne conceyte, whiche feare not to speake euyl of them that excell in worship.

  • Col 2:4
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    4This I say, lest any man shoulde begyle you with perswasion of wordes.

  • Rom 16:17-18
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    17Nowe I beseche you brethren, marke them whiche cause deuision, & geue occasions of euyll, contrarie to the doctrine whiche ye haue learned, and auoyde them.

    18For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes.

  • 1 Tim 6:11
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    11But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

  • 2 Tim 3:13-14
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    13But the euyll men and deceauers, shall waxe worse and worse, deceauyng and deceaued.

    14But continue thou in the thynges which thou haste learned, which also were committed vnto thee, knowyng of whom thou hast learned them:

  • Jude 1:16
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    16These are murmurers, complayners, walkyng after their owne lustes, whose mouthes speake proude thynges. They haue men in great reuerence because of aduantage.

  • 2 Tim 2:21
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    21If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, and meete for ye vses of the Lorde, and prepared vnto euery good worke.

  • 2 Pet 2:14-15
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    14Hauyng eyes full of adulterie, & that can not ceasse from sinne, begylyng vnstable soules: Heartes they haue exercised with robberie, they are cursed chyldren,

    15Which haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astray, folowyng the way of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnesse:

  • 2 Pet 3:16
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    16Yea almost in euery epistle, speakyng of such thinges: among which, are manye thynges harde to be vnderstande, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, peruert, as they do also the other scriptures, vnto their owne destruction.