1 Timothy 4:7

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But avoid the silly fables of old women. And exercise yourself so as to advance in piety.

Cross References

Acts 24:16

And in this, I myself always strive to have a conscience that is lacking in any offence toward God and toward men.

1 Timothy 1:4

against those who have been paying attention to fables and endless genealogies. These things present questions as if they were greater than the edification that is of God, which is in faith.

1 Timothy 1:9

Knowing this, that the law was not set in place for the just, but for the unjust and the insubordinate, for the impious and sinners, for the wicked and the defiled, for those who commit patricide, matricide, or homicide,

1 Timothy 2:10

but in a manner proper for women who are professing piety by means of good works.

1 Timothy 3:16

And it is clearly great, this mystery of piety, which was manifested in the flesh, which was justified in the Spirit, which has appeared to Angels, which has been preached to the Gentiles, which is believed in the world, which has been taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 4:8

For the exercise of the body is somewhat useful. But piety is useful in all things, holding the promise of life, in the present and in the future.

1 Timothy 6:11

But you, O man of God, flee from these things, and truly pursue justice, piety, faith, charity, patience, meekness.

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timothy, guard what has been deposited with you, avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas, which are falsely called knowledge.

1 Timothy 6:3

If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that doctrine which is in accord with piety,

1 Timothy 6:5

the conflicts of men who have been corrupted in mind and deprived of truth, who consider profit to be piety.

2 Timothy 2:16

But avoid profane or empty talk. For these things advance one greatly in impiety.

2 Timothy 2:23

But avoid foolish and undisciplined questions, for you know that these produce strife.

2 Timothy 3:12

And all those who willingly live the piety in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

2 Timothy 3:5

even having the appearance of piety while rejecting its virtue. And so, avoid them.

2 Timothy 4:4

and certainly, they will turn their hearing away from the truth, and they will be turned toward fables.

Titus 1:14

not paying attention to Jewish fables, nor to the rules of men who have turned themselves away from the truth.

Titus 2:12

instructing us to reject impiety and worldly desires, so that we may live soberly and justly and piously in this age,

Titus 3:9

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, as well as arguments against the law. For these are useless and empty.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for those who are mature, for those who, by practice, have sharpened their mind, so as to discern good from evil.