1 Peter 2:15

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 5:16

So the poor have hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.

Psalm 107:42

The righteous see it and rejoice, And all iniquity stops its mouth.

Psalm 5:5

The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 9:6

Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.

Jeremiah 4:22

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

Matthew 25:2

Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

Matthew 7:26

“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:

Romans 1:21

because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Galatians 3:1

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

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus deal with the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?

1 Thessalonians 4:3

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

1 Thessalonians 5:18

in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Timothy 1:13

although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Titus 2:8

sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

1 Peter 2:12

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.

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 3:17

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

1 Peter 4:2

that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,

Jude 1:10

But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.