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Verse 12

having good behavior among the nations, so in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Referenced Verses

Matt 5:16 : 16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
1 Pet 3:16 : 16 having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good manner of life in Christ.
Phil 2:15-16 : 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, 16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.
2 Cor 8:21 : 21 Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the Gospel of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Gospel;
1 Thess 4:12 : 12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
Titus 2:7-8 : 7 in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility, 8 and soundness of speech that can't be condemned; that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.
Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
Rom 12:17 : 17 Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
Luke 19:44 : 44 and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn't know the time of your visitation."
Matt 5:11 : 11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified. 15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters. 16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
1 Tim 2:2 : 2 for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.
Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
Eph 4:22 : 22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Therefore since all these things are thus to be destroyed, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If any man speaks, let it be as it were oracles of God. If any man serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
Ps 37:14 : 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To kill those who are upright in the way.
Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."
Isa 10:3 : 3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory?
2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
Rom 15:9 : 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, And sing to your name."
1 Cor 14:25 : 25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
Acts 15:14 : 14 Simeon has reported how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Acts 24:5-6 : 5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. 6 He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.{TR adds "We wanted to judge him according to our law,"}
Acts 24:13 : 13 Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.
Gen 13:7-8 : 7 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land. 8 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
Matt 9:8 : 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
Luke 1:68 : 68 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and worked redemption for his people;
Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.
1 Pet 3:1-2 : 1 In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; 2 seeing your pure behavior in fear.
Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."
Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
2 Cor 13:7 : 7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.
Eph 2:3 : 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
Acts 25:7 : 7 When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,