1 Peter 2:1

New International Version

Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:31

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

James 1:21

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

James 4:11

Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

1 Peter 3:10

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.

1 Peter 4:4

They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

1 Peter 4:2

As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.

James 5:9

Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

1 Timothy 3:11

In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.

Psalm 34:13

keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.

1 Peter 2:22

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”

Titus 2:3

Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.

Psalm 32:2

Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.

Romans 1:29

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,

Luke 6:42

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Matthew 23:28

In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Psalm 37:1

Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong;

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.

Proverbs 24:1

Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company;

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.

Revelation 14:5

No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.

James 4:5

Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?

James 3:14

But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”

Luke 11:44

“Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.”

Isaiah 30:22

Then you will desecrate your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, “Away with you!”

Proverbs 24:19

Do not fret because of evildoers or be envious of the wicked,

Proverbs 14:30

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Job 36:13

“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Mark 12:15

Should we pay or shouldn’t we?” But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”

Matthew 24:51

He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

Isaiah 2:20

In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.

Psalm 73:3

For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.