Titus 1:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.””
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“As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.”
King James Version · Public Domain“One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said--`Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Titus 1:12 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 2:11both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
- Acts 17:28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
- Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- 1 Timothy 4:2influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
- 2 Peter 2:12These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
- 2 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
- Jude 1:8Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
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