1 Peter 2:15

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1 Peter 2:15

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

1 Peter 2:12

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

Job 2:10

But he replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

Psalm 107:42

When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

Proverbs 9:6

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding."

The Lord answered, "This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good."

Matthew 7:26

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Matthew 25:2

Five of the virgins were foolish, and five were wise.

Romans 1:21

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!

Ephesians 6:6-7

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

1 Thessalonians 5:18

in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Titus 2:8

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.

1 Peter 4:2

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

2 Peter 2:12

But these men, like irrational animals -- creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed -- do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,

Jude 1:10

But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.

Job 5:16

Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

Psalm 5:5

Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.

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1 Peter 2:15

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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The ignorance

1 Timothy 1:13

2 Peter 2:12

Jude 1:10

Foolish

General references

Genesis 30:29

Joshua 1:16

Bible References

So

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

With

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

The ignorance

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.

Foolish

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.

But he replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding."

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Five of the virgins were foolish, and five were wise.

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

General references

"You know how I have worked for you," Jacob replied, "and how well your livestock have fared under my care.

They told Joshua, "We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.