10 Bible Verses about Examples, Purpose Of

if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;

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

Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play." We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.read more.
We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,

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

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.

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

Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.

Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.