1 Peter 4:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
  • 2 Thess 3:11 : 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, [even] unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
  • 1 Pet 2:19-20 : 19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 ‹Blessed are ye, when› [men] ‹shall revile you, and persecute› [you], ‹and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.›

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