Verse 11

But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
  • 2 Tim 3:17 : 17 that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-7 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress– as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works.
  • Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. 12 It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 There is Hope for the Future“Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!
  • Jer 35:4 : 4 I took them to the LORD’s temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.
  • 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Flee sexual immorality!“Every sin a person commits is outside of the body”– but the immoral person sins against his own body.
  • 1 Cor 10:14 : 14 Avoid Idol Feasts So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
  • 1 Cor 14:1 : 1 Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  • Phil 4:8-9 : 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things. 9 And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.
  • Deut 16:20 : 20 You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Deut 33:1 : 1 Introduction to the Blessing of Moses This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
  • 1 Sam 2:27 : 27 The Lord Judges the House of Eli Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him,“This is what the LORD has said:‘I plainly revealed myself to your ancestor’s house when they were slaves to the house of Pharaoh in Egypt.
  • 1 Sam 9:6 : 6 But the servant said to him,“Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.”
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 Just then a prophet arrived from Judah with the LORD’s message for Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.
  • 1 Kgs 13:26 : 26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said,“It is the prophet who rebelled against the LORD. The LORD delivered him over to the lion and it tore him up and killed him, in keeping with the LORD’S message that he had spoken to him.”
  • 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 She asked Elijah,“Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”
  • 1 Kgs 17:24 : 24 The woman said to Elijah,“Now I know that you are a prophet and that the LORD’s message really does come through you.”
  • 1 Kgs 20:28 : 28 The prophet visited the king of Israel and said,“This is what the LORD has said:‘Because the Syrians said,“The LORD is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will deliver this entire huge army into to your control. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 1:9 : 9 The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. He told him,“Prophet, the king says,‘Come down!’”
  • 2 Kgs 1:13 : 13 The king sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy,“Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.
  • 2 Kgs 5:20 : 20 Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought,“Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the LORD lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”
  • 2 Kgs 23:17 : 17 He asked,“What is this grave marker I see?” The men from the city replied,“It’s the grave of the prophet who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
  • 1 Chr 23:14 : 14 The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.
  • Neh 12:24 : 24 And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by David the man of God.
  • Neh 12:36 : 36 and his colleagues– Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani– with musical instruments of David the man of God.(Ezra the scribe led them.)
  • 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 Conclusion O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called“knowledge.”