30 Bible Verses about Imitating

Most Relevant Verses

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

2 Thessalonians 3:7

For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we did not behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;

Deuteronomy 12:30

take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise."

Topics on Imitating

Imitating Good Kings

2 Chronicles 11:17

So 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 Wicked Kings

1 Kings 15:34

He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

Imitating Wicked People

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had commanded them that they should not do like them.

Not Imitating Evil

Exodus 23:24

You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.

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