1 Peter 2:1

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So give up all the evil things that you do: all your dishonesty, hypocrisy, and jealousy, all the ways you speak badly about others.

Cross References

Job 36:13

Those who reject God hold on to their bitterness. Even when he disciplines them they do not cry out to him for help.

Psalm 32:2

How happy are those whose sins the Lord does not count against them, those who do not act deceptively.

Psalm 34:13

Then don't let your tongue speak evil, or your lips tell lies.

Psalm 37:1

Don't be upset over wicked people, or be jealous of those who do wrong.

Psalm 73:3

because I was jealous of self-important people—I saw how well the wicked were doing.

Proverbs 14:30

A peaceful mind makes your body healthy, but jealousy makes your bones rot.

Proverbs 24:1

Don't be jealous of evil people; don't long to spend time with them,

Proverbs 24:19

Don't get all upset over the wicked, or be jealous of those who do wrong,

Proverbs 3:31

Don't be jealous of violent people—don't choose to follow their example!

Isaiah 2:20

On that day the people will take the idols of silver and gold that they made to worship and throw them away to the rats and the bats.

Isaiah 30:22

You will defile your silver-coated idols coated with silver and your gold-covered images. You will throw them away like a dirty cloth used for periods, and say to them, “out of here!”

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites! How well Isaiah described you when he prophesied:

Matthew 23:28

You're just the same. On the outside you look like good people to others, but on the inside you're full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Matthew 24:51

He'll cut him to pieces, and treat him in the same way as the hypocrites, sending him to a place where there's crying and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 7:5

You're being hypocritical! First get rid of the plank that's in your own eye. Then you'll be able to see clearly to take out the speck from your brother's eye.

Mark 12:15

Should we pay up, or should we refuse?” Jesus, realizing how hypocritical they were, asked them, “Why are you trying to catch me out? Bring me a coin to look at.”

Luke 11:44

Shame on you! You are like unmarked graves that people walk over without knowing.”

Luke 12:1

In the meantime so many thousands of people had gathered that they were stepping on each other. Jesus began speaking first to his disciples. “Beware the yeast of the Pharisees—hypocrisy.

Luke 6:42

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that's in your eye,’ when you don't even see the plank that's in your own eye? Hypocrite! Take out the plank from your own eye first, and then you'll be able to see well enough to take out the speck from your brother's eye.

John 1:47

As Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said about him, “Look, here's a true Israelite! There's nothing false about him.”

Romans 1:29

They filled themselves with all that's wrong: evil, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malice, and gossip.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, don't think like children. Be as innocent as babies in regard to evil, but be grown up in your understanding.

1 Corinthians 5:8

So let us celebrate this festival, not with old yeast or the yeast of evil and wickedness, but with the bread made without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

2 Corinthians 12:20

I do worry when I visit that somehow I won't find you as I would want to, and that you won't find me as you would want to! I'm afraid that there will be arguments, jealousy, anger, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Ephesians 4:31

Get rid of every kind of bitterness, rage, anger, verbal abuse, and insults, along with all forms of evil.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For what we speak about isn't deceptive, or worthless, or fraudulent.

1 Timothy 3:11

Their wives should be respected too. They should not slander people with gossip, and they should be self-controlled and trustworthy in all they do.

Titus 2:3

Similarly older women ought to behave in a way that shows they live their lives for God. They shouldn't destroy people's reputations by what they say, and they shouldn't be addicted to wine.

Hebrews 12:1

For that reason, since we are surrounded by such a great crowd of people who gave evidence of their trust in God, let's get rid of everything that holds us back, the seductive sins that trip us up, and let's keep on running the race placed before us.

James 1:21

So get rid of all that's filthy and evil. Humbly accept the word that's been implanted within you—for this is what can save you.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast about it and don't lie against the truth.

James 4:11

Friends, don't speak badly of one another. Anyone who criticizes a fellow-believer and condemns them, criticizes and condemns the law. If you condemn the law you're not someone who keeps the law, because you're sitting in judgment of it.

James 4:5

Do you think Scripture doesn't mean what it says: that the spirit that he put in us is very jealous?

James 5:9

My friends, don't complain about each other, so you won't be judged. Look, the judge is standing right at the door!

1 Peter 2:16

Yes, you are free people! So don't use your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but live as God's servants.

1 Peter 2:22

He never sinned, he never lied;

1 Peter 3:10

Remember: “Those who want to love life, and to see good days, must refrain from speaking evil, and not tell lies.

1 Peter 4:2

You will not live the rest of your lives following human desires, but doing what God wants.

1 Peter 4:4

People think it's strange that you don't join them anymore in this wild and excessive lifestyle, so they curse at you. But they will have to explain what they've done to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Revelation 14:5

They speak no lies; they are without fault.