Ephesians 5:11

New English Translation

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Cross References

Genesis 20:16

To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given a thousand pieces of silver to your ‘brother.’ This is compensation for you so that you will stand vindicated before all who are with you.”

Psalm 141:5

May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.

Proverbs 1:10

My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.

Proverbs 13:18

The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

Proverbs 15:12

The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 19:25

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 25:12

Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

Proverbs 29:1

The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

Isaiah 29:21

those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

Jeremiah 15:17

I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.

Leviticus 19:17

You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

Luke 3:19

But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the evil deeds that he had done,

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Romans 13:12

The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

Romans 16:17

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

Romans 6:21

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Galatians 6:8

because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

Ephesians 5:12

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

Ephesians 5:7

Therefore do not be partakers with them,

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

1 Timothy 5:20

Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

2 Timothy 3:5

They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.

Titus 2:15

So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don’t let anyone look down on you.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues,