Thematic Bible: Example

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, Verse Concepts

I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ--I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!-- Verse Concepts

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Verse Concepts

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Verse Concepts

For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Verse Concepts

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, Verse Concepts

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, Verse Concepts

bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Verse Concepts

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Verse Concepts

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. Verse Concepts

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, Verse Concepts

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" Verse Concepts

Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Verse Concepts

Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. Verse Concepts

I urge you, then, be imitators of me. Verse Concepts

I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. Verse Concepts

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Verse Concepts

What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me--practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. Verse Concepts

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. Verse Concepts

And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them. Verse Concepts

"And I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, nor defile yourselves with their idols. Verse Concepts

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; Verse Concepts

"When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. Verse Concepts

Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. Verse Concepts

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. Verse Concepts

The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, Verse Concepts

And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules, Verse Concepts

He walked in the way of Asa his father and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD. Verse Concepts

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. Verse Concepts

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD according to all that his father Uzziah had done, except he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still followed corrupt practices. Verse Concepts

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Verse Concepts

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Verse Concepts

not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. Verse Concepts

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

and said to them, "We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!" They were silent and could not find a word to say. So I said, "The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest. read more.
Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them." Then they said, "We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say." And I called the priests and made them swear to do as they had promised. I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied."And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised. Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work. Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us. Now what was prepared at my expense for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people. Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.

I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; Verse Concepts

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, read more.
or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. Verse Concepts

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Verse Concepts

For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Verse Concepts

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. Verse Concepts

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. Verse Concepts

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Verse Concepts

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, Verse Concepts

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" Verse Concepts

Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Verse Concepts

But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. Verse Concepts

Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. Verse Concepts

I urge you, then, be imitators of me. Verse Concepts

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Verse Concepts

What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me--practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. Verse Concepts

I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. read more.
For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Verse Concepts

Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him. Verse Concepts

For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground. Verse Concepts

"Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. Verse Concepts

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Verse Concepts

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.

Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few." And his armor-bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. Behold, I am with you heart and soul."

And when he had said these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. Verse Concepts

And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. Verse Concepts

And he said to them, "Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do. Verse Concepts