2 Timothy 2:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.

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  • Titus 3:9 : 9 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.
  • 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timothy, guard what has been committed to your trust, avoiding profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;
  • Ezra 10:10 : 10 And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have transgressed and have taken foreign wives, adding to the guilt of Israel.
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim feeds on the wind, and pursues the east wind; he daily increases lies and desolation, and they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
  • 2 Thess 2:7-8 : 7 For the mystery of iniquity already works: only he who now restrains will do so, until he is taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
  • 1 Tim 4:7 : 7 But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
  • 2 Pet 2:2 : 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
  • Rev 13:3 : 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed, and all the world marveled and followed the beast.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits.
  • 2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to argue about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
  • Titus 1:14 : 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 6:20-21
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    20 O Timothy, guard what has been committed to your trust, avoiding profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;

    21 Which some professing have strayed concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.

  • 2 Tim 2:17
    78%

    17 And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,

  • 1 Tim 1:6
    77%

    6 From which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,

  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
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    14 Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to argue about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.

    15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

  • Titus 3:9
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    9 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7 But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness.

  • 1 Tim 6:3-5
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    3 If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness;

    4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

    5 Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

  • 2 Pet 2:2-3
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    2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.

    3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.

  • 2 Pet 2:18
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    18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

  • 1 Tim 1:4
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    4 Nor give attention to fables and endless genealogies, which cause questions rather than godly edification which is in faith, so do.

  • 2 Tim 2:23
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    23 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.

  • 2 Tim 3:5-7
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    5 Having a form of godliness but denying its power. From such turn away.

    6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and lead captive gullible women loaded with sins, led away by various lusts,

    7 Always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.

  • Titus 1:10-11
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    10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

    11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

  • Titus 1:14-16
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    14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.

    15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

    16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

  • 2 Tim 3:9
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    9 But they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifested to all, as theirs also was.

  • Jude 1:10-11
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    10 But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

    11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

  • Jude 1:18-19
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    18 How they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.

    19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, having not the Spirit.

  • 2 Tim 4:4
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    4 And they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
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    12 But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption;

  • 1 Pet 2:1-2
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    1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

    2 As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:

  • Titus 2:8
    69%

    8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he who is of the opposite side may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

  • Col 2:23
    69%

    23 These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

  • 2 Pet 2:10
    69%

    10 And especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed, and not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

  • Col 2:4
    69%

    4 And this I say, lest anyone should beguile you with enticing words.

  • Rom 16:17-18
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    69%

    17 Now I urge you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them.

    18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.

  • 1 Tim 6:11
    69%

    11 But you, O man of God, flee these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    69%

    4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • 2 Tim 3:13-14
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    13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

    14 But continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them;

  • Jude 1:16
    68%

    16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.

  • 2 Tim 2:21
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    21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

  • 2 Pet 2:14-15
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    14 Having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices and are accursed children.

    15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

  • 2 Pet 3:16
    68%

    16 As also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to understand, which those who are unlearned and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

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