Ephesians 5:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ Be careful, then, how you live, not as unwise people but as wise,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people),

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

Common English Bible

¹⁵ So be careful to live your life wisely, not foolishly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise,

Ephesians 5:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 24:10

But afterward, David was stricken to the heart because he had numbered the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray you, take away the guilt of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive good from God and not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you.

Exodus 23:13

Be attentive to all that I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.

Proverbs 14:8

It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to one who has no sense, but a person of understanding walks straight ahead.

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Matthew 27:24

So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.”

Matthew 27:4

He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”

Matthew 8:4

Then Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Luke 24:25

Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; rather, be infants in evil, but in thinking be adults.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!

Galatians 3:3

Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:33

Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.

Philippians 1:27

Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Colossians 4:5

Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking, for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven!

James 3:13

Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.

Revelation 19:10

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”