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Webster
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase to more ungodliness.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Holman Bible
But avoid irreverent, empty speech, for this will produce an even greater measure of godlessness.
International Standard Version
However, avoid pointless discussions. For people will become more and more ungodly,
A Conservative Version
But shun profane babblings, for they will advance to greater impiety,
American Standard Version
But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
Amplified
But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,
An Understandable Version
But avoid worldly, empty chatter, for those who practice it will become more and more ungodly,
Anderson New Testament
But shun profane and vain babblings; for they will make further advance to ungodliness,
Bible in Basic English
But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
Common New Testament
Avoid godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
Daniel Mace New Testament
discountenance such as hold vain irreligious discourse; for they will grow bold in impiety,
Darby Translation
But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,
Godbey New Testament
But reject the unsanctified empty talks: for they will proceed unto more of ungodliness,
Goodspeed New Testament
Leave worldly, empty phrases alone, for they lead people deeper and deeper into godlessness,
John Wesley New Testament
But avoid profane empty babblings; for they will increase to more ungodliness.
Julia Smith Translation
And avoid profane, empty discourses: for they will proceed to more of profanation.
King James 2000
But shun profane and vain utterances: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness,
Modern King James verseion
But shun profane, vain babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Unghostly and vain voices, pass over. For they shall increase unto greater ungodliness,
Moffatt New Testament
Avoid all that profane jargon, for it leads people still further into irreligion,
Montgomery New Testament
but avoid profane babble; for people will go farther and farther in impiety,
NET Bible
But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,
New Heart English Bible
But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
Noyes New Testament
But shun the profane babblings; for they will go on to a higher degree of ungodliness;
Sawyer New Testament
But profane and vain words, avoid; for they greatly increase impiety,
The Emphasized Bible
But, the profane pratings, shun; for, unto more ungodliness, will they force themselves on;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But profane vain bablings avoid: for they will proceed to greater lengths of impiety.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Avoid profane prattle. Those who indulge in it only get deeper into irreligious ways,
Weymouth New Testament
But from irreligious and frivolous talk hold aloof, for those who indulge in it will proceed from bad to worse in impiety,
Williams New Testament
Continue shunning worldly, futile phrases, for they lead on to greater depths of godlessness,
World English Bible
But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
Worrell New Testament
But shun the profane babblings, for they will proceed to more ungodliness;
Worsley New Testament
But avoid prophane empty harangues; for they will proceed to more impiety,
Youngs Literal Translation
and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Timothy 2:16
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A Worker Approved To God And Not Ashamed
15 Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase to more ungodliness. 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;
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Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called;
Ezra 10:10
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken foreign wives to increase the trespass of Israel.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily multiplieth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-8
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now restraineth will restrain, until he be taken out of the way.
1 Timothy 4:7
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather to godliness.
2 Timothy 2:14
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they contend not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and seducers will become worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Titus 1:11
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.
Titus 1:14
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn from the truth.
Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up, trouble you, and by it many be defiled;
2 Peter 2:2
And many will follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.
2 Peter 2:18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that had quite escaped from them who live in error.
Revelation 13:3
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:14
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and lived.