1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to human tradition, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
2 Timothy 2:16
Avoid godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
Titus 1:14
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who reject the truth.
Acts 17:21
(Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)
Romans 3:2
Much in every way! To begin with, they are entrusted with the oracles of God.
Colossians 2:18
Let no one disqualify you for the prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind,
1 Timothy 1:4
nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than the divine trainingwhich is by faith.
1 Timothy 1:6
For some men have wandered away from these things and turned aside to fruitless discussion,
1 Timothy 4:7
Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself in godliness.
2 Timothy 3:14-16
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, knowing from whom you learned it,
Acts 17:18
And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some said, "What would this idle babbler wish to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities,"because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
1 Corinthians 1:19-23
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will frustrate."
1 Corinthians 2:6
Yet we do speak a wisdom among the mature, a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness";
2 Thessalonians 1:4
Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.
2 Thessalonians 2:15
So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.
1 Timothy 1:11
according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
1 Timothy 6:4-5
he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, which produce envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions,
1 Timothy 6:11
But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:14
to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Timothy 1:12-14
For this reason I also suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
2 Timothy 2:1
You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:4
to Titus, my true child in a common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Titus 1:9
he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to refute those who contradict it.
Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and quarrels about the Law, for they are unprofitable and useless.
Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.