Jude 1:16

The Passion Translation

These people are always complaining and never satisfied—finding fault with everyone. They follow their own evil desires and their mouths speak scandalous things. They enjoy using seductive flattery to manipulate others.

Cross References

Psalm 106:25

They grumbled and found fault with everything and closed their hearts to your voice.

Psalm 15:4

They will despise evil and evil workers while commending the faithful ones who follow after the truth. They make firm commitments and follow through, even at great cost.

Psalm 17:10

They are pitiless, heartless—hard as nails, swollen with pride and filled with arrogance!

Psalm 73:8

They’re such snobs—looking down their noses. They even scoff at God! They are nothing but bullies threatening God’s people.

Proverbs 28:21

Giving favoritism to the rich and powerful is disgusting, and this is done by the type of judge who would betray a man for a bribe.

Isaiah 29:24

Those who are in spiritual error will come to understanding, and those who are always complaining will be glad to accept instruction.”

Luke 15:2

This raised concerns among the Jewish religious leaders and experts of the law. Indignant, they grumbled and complained, saying, “Look at how this man associates with all these notorious sinners and welcomes them all to come to him!”

Luke 19:7

As Jesus left to go with Zacchaeus, many in the crowd complained, “Look at this! Of all the people to have dinner with, he’s going to eat in the house of a crook.”

John 6:41

When the Jews who were hostile to Jesus heard him say, “I am the Bread that came down from heaven,” they immediately began to complain,

John 6:61

Without anyone telling him, Jesus knew they were outraged and told them, “Are you offended over my teaching?

1 Corinthians 10:10

And we must not embrace their ways by complaining—grumbling with discontent, as many of them did, and were killed by the destroyer!

Galatians 5:16

Let me emphasize this: As you yield to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self-life.

Galatians 5:24

Keep in mind that we who belong to Jesus Christ have already experienced crucifixion. For everything connected with our self-life was put to death on the cross and crucified with Messiah.

Philippians 2:14

Live a cheerful life, without complaining or division among yourselves.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not yielding to lustful passions like those who don’t know God.

1 Timothy 6:5

They add misery to many lives by corrupting their minds and cheating them of the truth. They equate the worship of God with making great sums of money.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time is coming when they will no longer listen and respond to the healing words of truth because they will become selfish and proud. They will seek out teachers with soothing words that line up with their desires, saying just what they want to hear.

1 Peter 1:14

As God’s obedient children, never again shape your lives by the desires that you followed when you didn’t know better.

1 Peter 2:11

My divinely loved friends, since you are resident aliens and foreigners in this world, I appeal to you to divorce yourselves from the evil desires that wage war within you.

1 Peter 4:2

So live the rest of your earthly life no longer concerned with human desires but consumed with what brings pleasure to God.

2 Peter 2:10

And this especially applies to those who live their lives despising authorities and who abandon themselves to chasing the depraved lusts of their flesh. They are willfully arrogant and insolent, unafraid to insult the glorious ones.

2 Peter 2:18

They spout off with their grandiose, impressive nonsense. Consumed with the lusts of the flesh, they lure back into sin those who recently escaped from their error.

2 Peter 3:3

Above all, you must understand that in the last days mockers will multiply, chasing after their evil desires.

Jude 1:15

He comes to execute judgment against them all and to convict each one of them for their ungodly deeds and for all the terrible words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

Jude 1:18

They taught you, “In the last days there will always be mockers, motivated by their own ungodly desires.”