Titus 1:11

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“who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.”

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BSBPD

“who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Titus 1:11 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
  2. Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
  3. Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
  4. Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
  5. Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
  6. Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
  7. Micah 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
  8. Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
  9. Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
  10. Luke 20:40And they did not dare to question Him any further.
  11. John 10:12The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
  12. Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  13. 2 Corinthians 11:10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
  14. 1 Timothy 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
  15. 2 Timothy 3:6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
  16. Titus 1:7As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
  17. Titus 1:9He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
  18. Titus 3:10Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
  19. 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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