30 Bible Verses about Imitating
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Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.
because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof .
Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice :
take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
Topics on Imitating
Imitating Good Kings
2 Chronicles 11:17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
Imitating Good People
Hebrews 13:7Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
Imitating Jesus
1 Peter 2:21For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Imitating Others
1 Corinthians 11:1Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Imitating Wicked Kings
1 Kings 15:34And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
Imitating Wicked People
2 Kings 17:15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
Not Imitating Evil
Exodus 23:24Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.
Not Imitating Good
1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
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