1 Peter 2:1

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“Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.”

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BSBPD

“Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Peter 2:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
  2. Job 36:13The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
  3. Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  4. Psalms 34:13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
  5. Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
  6. Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  7. Proverbs 3:31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
  8. Proverbs 14:30A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
  9. Proverbs 24:1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
  10. Proverbs 24:19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
  11. Isaiah 2:20In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
  12. Isaiah 30:22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
  13. Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  14. Matthew 7:5You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  15. Matthew 15:7You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
  16. Matthew 23:28In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
  17. Matthew 24:51Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  18. Mark 12:15But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”
  19. Luke 6:42How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  20. Luke 11:44Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
  21. Luke 12:1In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  22. John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
  23. Romans 1:29They 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,
  24. Romans 13:12The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

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