1 Peter 2:12

New King James Version

having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Cross References

Psalm 37:14

The wicked have drawn the sword And have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay those who are of upright conduct.

Psalm 50:23

Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God.”

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?

Daniel 6:4

So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 9:8

Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.

Luke 1:68

“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people,

Luke 19:44

and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake.

John 13:31

So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

Acts 15:14

Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name.

Acts 24:13

Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

Acts 25:7

When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood about and laid many serious complaints against Paul, which they could not prove,

Acts 28:22

But we desire to hear from you what you think; for concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.”

Romans 12:17

Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.

Romans 14:18

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Romans 15:9

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: “For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, And sing to Your name.”

1 Corinthians 14:25

And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 13:7

Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may seem disqualified.

2 Corinthians 8:21

providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

Ephesians 4:22

that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

Philippians 1:27

Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 5:10

well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.

1 Peter 2:15

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—

1 Peter 3:16

having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

2 Peter 3:11

Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

Ruth 3:14

So she lay at his feet until morning, and she arose before one could recognize another. Then he said, “Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”