Romans 12:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Let loue be without dissimulation. Abhorre that which is euill, and cleaue vnto that which is good.

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  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 For the end of the commaundement is loue out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith vnfained.
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among you: for loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and followe after it.
  • Ps 97:10 : 10 Ye that loue the Lord, hate euill: he preserueth the soules of his Saints: hee will deliuer them from the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 101:3 : 3 I wil set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the worke of them that fall away: it shal not cleaue vnto me.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lorde God of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph.
  • 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 By watchings, by fastings, by puritie, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindnesse, by the holy Ghost, by loue vnfained,
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Hauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
  • 1 John 3:18-20 : 18 My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue onely, but in deede and in trueth. 19 For thereby we know that we are of the trueth, and shal before him assure our hearts. 20 For if our heart condemne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all things.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Ioab sayde to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? & Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him. 10 But Amasa tooke no heede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hande: for therewith he smote him in the fift rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and smote him not the second time: so he dyed. then Ioab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
  • 1 Pet 3:10-11 : 10 For if any man long after life, and to see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euill, and his lippes that they speake no guile. 11 Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and folow after it.
  • Heb 1:9 : 9 Thou hast loued righteousnes & hated iniquitie. Wherefore God, eue thy God, hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without the which no man shall see ye Lord.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode, 16 And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?
  • 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.
  • 1 Thess 2:3 : 3 For our exhortation was not by deceite, nor by vncleannes, nor by guile.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer folow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Try all things, & keepe that which is good.
  • Matt 26:49 : 49 And forthwith he came to Iesus, and sayd, God saue thee, Master, and kissed him.
  • John 12:6 : 6 Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who when he was come and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they would continue in the Lord.
  • Ps 119:104 : 104 By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
  • Ps 119:163 : 163 I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.
  • Prov 26:25 : 25 Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.
  • Ps 45:7 : 7 Thou louest righteousnes, and hatest wickednesse, because God, euen thy God hath anoynted thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.

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    11Beloued, followe not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.

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    1Let brotherly loue continue.

  • Phil 1:10
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    10That ye may alowe those things which are best, that ye may be pure, and without offence vntill the day of Christ,

  • Heb 10:24
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  • 1 Pet 1:22
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  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer folow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.

  • 1 Thess 5:21-22
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    21Try all things, & keepe that which is good.

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  • Rom 14:19
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  • Rom 12:2
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  • 1 Pet 4:8-9
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    8But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among you: for loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.

    9Be ye harberous one to another, without grudging.

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    21Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.

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    16Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

  • Rom 12:14-17
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    14Blesse them which persecute you: blesse, I say, and curse not.

    15Reioyce with them that reioyce, & weepe with them that weepe.

    16Be of like affection one towardes another: be not hie minded: but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort: be not wise in your selues.

    17Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men.

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    10Loue doeth not euill to his neighbour: therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe.

  • 2 Tim 3:3
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    3Without naturall affection, truce breakers, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, no louers at all of them which are good,

  • 1 Pet 2:1
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    1Wherefore, laying aside all maliciousnes, and all guile, and dissimulation, and enuie, and all euill speaking,

  • 2 Cor 13:11-12
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    11Finally brethren, fare ye wel: be perfect: be of good comfort: be of one minde: liue in peace, and the God of loue and peace shalbe with you.

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    14Let all your things be done in loue.

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    14Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without the which no man shall see ye Lord.

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    11Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and folow after it.

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    5For the end of the commaundement is loue out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith vnfained.

  • Jude 1:21
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    21And keepe your selues in the loue of God, looking for the mercie of our Lorde Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life.

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    9Be not caried about with diuers & strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace, and not with meates, which haue not profited them that haue bene occupied therein.

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    18My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue onely, but in deede and in trueth.

  • 2 Cor 6:6
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    6By watchings, by fastings, by puritie, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindnesse, by the holy Ghost, by loue vnfained,

  • 2 Tim 2:22
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    22Flee also from the lustes of youth, and follow after righteousnes, faith, loue, and peace, with them that call on the Lorde with pure heart,

  • Prov 10:12
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    12Hatred stirreth vp contentions: but loue couereth all trespasses.

  • Gal 4:18
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    18But it is a good thing to loue earnestly alwayes in a good thing, and not onely when I am present with you,

  • Gal 6:10
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    10While we haue therefore time, let vs doe good vnto all men, but specially vnto them, which are of the housholde of faith.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

  • Rom 1:31
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    31Without vnderstanding, couenant breakers, without naturall affection, such as can neuer be appeased, mercilesse.

  • Rom 16:17
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    17Now I beseech you brethren, marke them diligently which cause diuision and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye haue learned, and auoide them.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false othe: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lorde.

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    13Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

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    19For your obedience is come abroade among all: I am glad therefore of you: but yet I woulde haue you wise vnto that which is good, and simple concerning euill.

  • Titus 2:7-8
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    7In all things shewe thy selfe an ensample of good woorkes with vncorrupt doctrine, with grauitie, integritie,

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    31Let all bitternesse, and anger, and wrath, crying, and euill speaking be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.