1 Peter 4:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Now those “friends” think it is strange that you no longer join them in all the wild and wasteful things they do. And so they say bad things about you.

Cross References

1 Peter 3:16

But answer them in a gentle way with respect. Keep your conscience clear. Then people will see the good way you live as followers of Christ, and those who say bad things about you will be ashamed of what they said.

1 Peter 2:12

People who don’t believe are living all around you. They may say that you are doing wrong. So live such good lives that they will see the good you do, and they will give glory to God on the day he comes.

Acts 18:6

But they disagreed with what Paul was teaching and started insulting him. So Paul shook the dust from his clothes. He said to them, “If you are not saved, it will be your own fault! I have done all I can do. After this I will go only to the non-Jewish people.”

Jude 1:10

But these people criticize things they don’t understand. They do understand some things. But they understand these things not by thinking, but by feeling, the way dumb animals understand things. And these are the things that destroy them.

Acts 13:45

When the Jews there saw all these people, they became very jealous. Shouting insults, they argued against everything Paul said.

2 Peter 2:22

What they did is like these true sayings: “A dog vomits and goes back to what it threw up.” And, “After a pig is washed, it goes back and rolls in the mud again.”

2 Peter 2:12

But these false teachers speak evil against what they don’t understand. They are like animals that do things without really thinking—like wild animals that are born to be caught and killed. And, like wild animals, they will be destroyed.

Romans 13:13

We should live in a right way, like people who belong to the day. We should not have wild parties or be drunk. We should not be involved in sexual sin or any kind of immoral behavior. We should not cause arguments and trouble or be jealous.

Luke 15:13

“A few days later the younger son gathered up all that he had and left. He traveled far away to another country, and there he wasted his money living like a fool.

Ephesians 5:18

Don’t be drunk with wine, which will ruin your life, but be filled with the Spirit.

Matthew 23:25

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and you Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You wash clean the outside of your cups and dishes. But inside they are full of what you got by cheating others and pleasing yourselves.