Romans 12:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you are cleverer than others. Make friends with ordinary people.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:12

God also made everyone in Judah eager to do what Hezekiah and his officials had commanded.

Job 36:5

Although God is mighty, he cares about everyone and makes fair decisions.

Proverbs 17:5

By insulting the poor, you insult your Creator. You will be punished if you make fun of someone in trouble.

Proverbs 19:17

Caring for the poor is lending to the LORD, and you will be well repaid.

Proverbs 19:22

What matters most is loyalty. It's better to be poor than to be a liar.

Proverbs 19:7

If you are poor, your own relatives reject you, and your friends are worse. When you really need them, they are not there.

Proverbs 26:12

There is more hope for a fool than for someone who says, “I'm really clever!”

Proverbs 26:5

But if you answer any fools, show how foolish they are, so they won't feel clever.

Proverbs 3:7

Don't ever think that you are wise enough, but respect the LORD and stay away from evil.

Isaiah 5:21

You think you are clever and wise.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will make their thoughts and desires pure. Then they will realize that, for their own good and the good of their children, they must worship only me. They will even be afraid to turn away from me. I will make an agreement with them that will never end, and I won't ever stop doing good things for them. With all my heart I promise that they will be planted in this land once again.

Jeremiah 45:5

I am bringing disaster everywhere, so don't even think about making any big plans for yourself. However, I promise that wherever you go, I will at least protect you from death. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Matthew 11:5

The blind are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People with leprosy are being healed, and the deaf can hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news.

Matthew 26:11

You will always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me.

Luke 14:13

When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

Luke 6:20

Jesus looked at his disciples and said: God will bless you people who are poor. His kingdom belongs to you!

Acts 4:32

The group of followers all felt the same way about everything. None of them claimed that their possessions were their own, and they shared everything they had with each other.

Romans 11:20

That's true enough. But they were cut away because they did not have faith, and you are where you are because you do have faith. So don't be proud, but be afraid.

Romans 11:25

My friends, I don't want you Gentiles to be too proud of yourselves. So I will explain the mystery of what has happened to the people of Israel. Some of them have become stubborn, and they will stay like that until the complete number of you Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:3

I realize how kind God has been to me, and so I tell each of you not to think you are better than you really are. Use good sense and measure yourself by the amount of faith that God has given you.

Romans 15:5

God is the one who makes us patient and cheerful. I pray that he will help you live at peace with each other, as you follow Christ.

Romans 6:2

No, we should not! If we are dead to sin, how can we go on sinning?

1 Corinthians 1:10

My dear friends, as a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ, I beg you to get along with each other. Don't take sides. Always try to agree in what you think.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don't fool yourselves! If any of you think you are wise in the things of this world, you will have to become foolish before you can be truly wise.

1 Corinthians 4:10

Because of Christ we are thought of as fools, but Christ has made you wise. We are weak and hated, but you are powerful and respected.

1 Corinthians 6:5

I say this to your shame. Aren't any of you wise enough to act as a judge between one follower and another?

1 Corinthians 8:2

In fact, people who think they know so much don't know anything at all.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Goodbye, my friends. Do better and pay attention to what I have said. Try to get along and live peacefully with each other. Now I pray that God, who gives love and peace, will be with you.

Philippians 1:27

Above all else, you must live in a way that brings honour to the good news about Christ. Then, whether I visit you or not, I will hear that all of you think alike. I will know that you are working together and that you are struggling side by side to get others to believe the good news.

Philippians 3:16

But we must keep going in the direction that we are now headed.

Philippians 4:2

Euodia and Syntyche, you belong to the Lord, so I beg you to stop arguing with each other.

Hebrews 13:5

Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us.

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you should agree and have concern and love for each other. You should also be kind and humble.

1 Peter 5:3

Don't be bossy to those people who are in your care, but set an example for them.

3 John 1:9

I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes likes to be the number-one leader, and he won't pay any attention to us.