1 Peter 2:15

Modern English Version

For it is the will of God that by doing right you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

Cross References

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better, if it is the will of God, that you suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that the one who opposes you may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

1 Peter 2:12

Live your lives honorably among the Gentiles, so that though they speak against you as evildoers, they shall see your good works and thereby glorify God in the day of visitation.

Matthew 7:26

And everyone who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them will be likened to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality,

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

2 Peter 2:12

But these people are like irrational animals, born to be captured and destroyed. They speak evil of the things that they do not understand, and in their corruption they will be destroyed.

Romans 1:21

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him or give thanks to Him as God, but became futile in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Proverbs 9:6

Forsake foolishness and live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

Job 2:10

He said to her, “You talk like one of the foolish women talks. Will we indeed accept the good from God but not accept the adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Jude 1:10

But these men slander those things that they do not understand. But they destroy themselves in those things that, like unreasoning animals, they know by instinct.

1 Peter 4:2

so that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh serving human desires, but the will of God.

1 Timothy 1:13

I was previously a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insolent man. But I was shown mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Psalm 107:42

The righteous see it and rejoice, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

Titus 3:3

We also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in evil and envy, filled with hatred and hating each other.

Galatians 3:1

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified.

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were wise and five were foolish.

Psalm 5:5

Those who boast will not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.

Job 5:16

So the helpless has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people? Is He not your father, who has bought you? Has He not made you, and established you?

1 Peter 3:16

Have a good conscience so that evildoers who speak evil of you and falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.