Thematic Bible: Example

Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, keep your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession. Verse Concepts

Now I myself, Paul, plead with you with the gentleness and kindness of the Messiah I who am humble when I am face to face with you but forceful toward you when I am away! Verse Concepts

Place my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest for your souls, Verse Concepts

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously. Verse Concepts

I've set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you. Verse Concepts

Now may God, the source of endurance and encouragement, allow you to live in harmony with each other as you follow the Messiah Jesus, Verse Concepts

Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in the Messiah Jesus: Verse Concepts

Be tolerant of one another and forgive each other if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also should forgive. Verse Concepts

fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Verse Concepts

This is, in fact, what you were called to do, because: The Messiah also suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in his steps. Verse Concepts

For you yourselves know what you must do to imitate us. We never lived in idleness among you. Verse Concepts

In every way I showed you that by working hard like this we should help the weak and remember the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" Verse Concepts

Hold on to the pattern of healthy teachings that you have heard from me, along with the faith and love that are in the Messiah Jesus. Verse Concepts

Join together in imitating me, brothers, and pay close attention to those who live by the example we have set for you. Verse Concepts

So I urge you to imitate me. Verse Concepts

I would like everyone to be unmarried, like I am. However, each person has a special gift from God, one this and another that. Verse Concepts

Imitate me, as I do the Messiah. Verse Concepts

Likewise, keep practicing these things: what you have learned, received, heard, and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you. Verse Concepts

And so, dear friends, since you already know these things, continuously be on your guard not to be carried away by the deception of lawless people. Otherwise, you may fall from your secure position. Verse Concepts

You are not to live by the customs of the nations, whom I've cast away right in front of you. Because they did all of these things, I detested them. Verse Concepts

I told their children in the wilderness, "You are not to follow the statutes of your ancestors, observe their ordinances, or be defiled by their idols. Verse Concepts

Don't make friends with a hot-tempered man, and do not associate with someone who is easily angered, or you may learn his ways and find yourself caught in a trap.

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled. Verse Concepts

"When you enter the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't learn the detestable practices of those nations there. Verse Concepts

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience. Verse Concepts

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first existed in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that this faith also exists in you. Verse Concepts

The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example set during his ancestor David's preliminary years by not pursuing the Baals. Verse Concepts

"Now as for you, if you commune with me like your father did, with an upright heart of integrity and doing everything that I've commanded you and keeping my statutes and ordinances, Verse Concepts

He followed the example of his father Asa and never departed from it, practicing what the LORD considered to be right. Verse Concepts

He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, following the example set by his father Amaziah's accomplishments. Verse Concepts

He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, just as his father Uzziah had done, even though he did not enter the Temple. Nevertheless, the people continued acting corruptly. Verse Concepts

Remember your leaders, those who have spoken God's word to you. Think about the impact of their lives, and imitate their faith. Verse Concepts

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for other believers in your speech, behavior, love, faithfulness, and purity. Verse Concepts

Do not lord it over the people entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock. Verse Concepts

Always set an example for others by doing good actions. Teach with integrity and dignity. Use wholesome speech that cannot be condemned. Then any opponent will be ashamed because he cannot say anything bad about us.

I accused them, "To the best of our ability, we've been buying back our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Even now you're selling your fellow countrymen, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet and never spoke a word. So I said, "What you're doing isn't right! Shouldn't you live in the fear of our God to avoid shame from our foreign enemies? I'm also lending money and grain, as are my fellow-Jews and my servants, but let's not charge interest. read more.
So today please restore to them their fields, vineyards, olive orchards, and homes, along with the one percent interest charge that you've assessed them on the grain, wine, and oil." They responded, "We will restore these things, and will assess no interest charges against them. We will do what you are requesting!" So I called the priests and made them take an oath to fulfill this promise. I also shook my robes, and said, "May God shake out every man from his house and his possessions who does not keep this promise. May he be emptied out and shaken just like this." All the assembly said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD. And the people kept their promise. In addition, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah (that is, during the twelve years from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes), neither I nor my relatives relied on the provisions allotted to the governor. Nevertheless, the former governors before me placed a heavy burden on the people. They received food and wine, plus a tax of 40 shekels of silver. Even their young men took advantage of the people, but I never did so because I feared God. Also, as I continued to work on the wall, we purchased no land, and all of my young men were employed in the work. I fed 150 Jews and officials every day, not counting those who came from the nations around us. Our daily requirements were one ox and six choice sheep, along with various kinds of poultry prepared for me. Every ten days there was a delivery of an abundant supply of wine. Despite all this, I refused the governor's allotment, because demands on the people were heavy. "Remember me with favor, my God, for everything I've done for this people."

I will pay attention to living a life of integrity when will I attain it? I will live with integrity of heart in my house. Verse Concepts

You became imitators of us and of the Lord. In spite of a great deal of suffering, you welcomed the word with the joy that the Holy Spirit produces. As a result, you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. From you the word of the Lord has spread out not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place where your faith in God has become known. As a result, we do not need to say anything about it.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul. Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them. For the Lord's sake submit yourselves to every human authority: whether to the king as supreme, read more.
or to governors who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live like free people, and do not use your freedom as an excuse for doing evil. Instead, be God's servants. Honor everyone. Keep on loving the community of believers, fearing God, and honoring the king. You household servants must submit yourselves to your masters out of respect, not only to those who are kind and fair, but also to those who are unjust. For it is a fine thing if, when moved by your conscience to please God, you suffer patiently when wronged. What good does it do if, when you sin, you patiently receive punishment for it? But if you suffer for doing good and receive it patiently, you have God's approval. This is, in fact, what you were called to do, because: The Messiah also suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in his steps. "He never sinned, and he never told a lie." When he was insulted, he did not retaliate. When he suffered, he did not threaten. It was his habit to commit the matter to the one who judges fairly. "He himself bore our sins" in his body on the tree, so that we might die to those sins and live righteously. "By his wounds you have been healed." You were "like sheep that kept going astray," but now you have returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

After all, this is how holy women who set their hope on God used to make themselves beautiful in the past. They submitted themselves to their husbands, just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters by doing good and by not letting anything terrify you.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did, and by faith he was declared to be righteous, since God himself accepted his offerings. And by faith he continues to speak, even though he is dead. Verse Concepts

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

I've set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you. Verse Concepts

This is, in fact, what you were called to do, because: The Messiah also suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in his steps. Verse Concepts

It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow. Verse Concepts

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for other believers in your speech, behavior, love, faithfulness, and purity. Verse Concepts

Always set an example for others by doing good actions. Teach with integrity and dignity. Verse Concepts

In every way I showed you that by working hard like this we should help the weak and remember the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" Verse Concepts

Hold on to the pattern of healthy teachings that you have heard from me, along with the faith and love that are in the Messiah Jesus. Verse Concepts

I am the worst of them. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the worst sinner, the Messiah Jesus might demonstrate all of his patience as an example for those who would believe in him for eternal life. Verse Concepts

Join together in imitating me, brothers, and pay close attention to those who live by the example we have set for you. Verse Concepts

So I urge you to imitate me. Verse Concepts

Imitate me, as I do the Messiah. Verse Concepts

Likewise, keep practicing these things: what you have learned, received, heard, and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you. Verse Concepts

I would like everyone to be unmarried, like I am. However, each person has a special gift from God, one this and another that. I say to those who are unmarried, especially to widows: It is good for them to remain like me.

For you yourselves know what you must do to imitate us. We never lived in idleness among you. We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, with toil and labor we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you. It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow. read more.
While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat."

So be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Verse Concepts

Masters, treat your slaves the same way. Do not threaten them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him. Verse Concepts

because I, the LORD, am your God. Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I am holy. You are not to defile yourselves with any of the swarming creatures that swarm the earth. Verse Concepts

"Tell the entire assembly of Israel that they are to be holy, since I, the LORD your God, am holy. Verse Concepts

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." Verse Concepts

David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone; he struck down the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David's hand. David ran and stood over the Philistine. He took the Philistine's sword, pulled it from its sheath, killed him, and then he cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. The men of Israel and Judah got up with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. Wounded Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.

Jonathan told his armor bearer, "Come, let's go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised ones. Perhaps the LORD will work for us, since nothing prevents the LORD from delivering, whether by many or by a few." His armor bearer told him, "Do whatever you want. Let's move out! I'm right here with you, as you wish."

After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat. Everyone was encouraged and had something to eat.

Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up. Verse Concepts

Moses told the people, "Don't be afraid! Stand still and watch how the LORD will deliver you today, because you will never again see the Egyptians whom you're looking at today. Verse Concepts

He instructed them, "Watch me, and do what I do. When we come to the outer perimeter of the encampment, do what I do. Verse Concepts