10 Bible Verses about Examples, Purpose Of

He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and reduced them to ashes, holding them up as a warning to the godless of what was in store for them;

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter upon that Rest, so that none of us fall through such disbelief as that of which we have had an example.

Now these things happened as warnings to us, to teach us not to long for evil things as our forefathers longed. Do not become idolaters, as some of them became. Scripture says-'The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance.' Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.read more.
Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they 'were, one after another, destroyed by the snakes.' And do not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so 'were destroyed by the Angel of Death.' These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come.

If I, then--'the Master' and 'the Teacher'--have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet;

It was by this that the holy women of old, who rested their hopes on God, adorned themselves; submitting to their husbands,

Brothers, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the Prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

What credit can you claim when, after doing wrong, you take your punishment for it patiently? But, on the other hand, if, after doing right, you take your sufferings patiently, that does win the approval of God. For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered--on your behalf--and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps. He 'never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.'

Brothers, unite in following my example, and fix your eyes on those who are living by the pattern which we have set you.

Now these things happened as warnings to us, to teach us not to long for evil things as our forefathers longed.

These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come.