37 Bible Verses about practice
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Do the things that you learned, received, and heard from me, and that you saw me do. Then God who gives peace will be with you.
Cultivate these things, devote yourself to them, so that everyone will see your progress.
But everyone who is living the truth will come to the light, to show that his actions have been performed in dependence upon God.
Supply the needs of God's people, be unfailing in hospitality.
So do everything they tell you, and observe it all, but do not do as they do, for they talk but do not act.
They know God's decree that those who act in this way deserve to die, yet they not only do it, but applaud any who do.
Therefore, brothers, make all the greater efforts to make God's call and choice of you certain. For if you have these qualities, you will never stumble,
But if anyone is disposed to be contentious about it, I for my part recognize no other practice in worship than this, and neither do the churches of God.
This is how the children of God and those of the devil can be distinguished: No one who does not act uprightly or who does not love his brother is a child of God.
But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "
"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.
But full-grown men have a right to solid food, for their faculties are trained by practice to distinguish right and wrong.
Physical training is of some service, but religion is of service in every way, for it carries with it the promise of life here and hereafter.
But let worldly fictions and old wives' tales alone. Train yourself for the religious life.
Now that you have this knowledge, you will be blessed if you act upon it.
Then I will say to them plainly, 'I never knew you! Go away from me, you who do wrong!'
I do not do the good things that I want to do; I do the wrong things that I do not want to do.
If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.
If you know that he is upright, you may be sure that everyone who acts uprightly is his child.
I do not understand what I am doing, for I do not do what I want to do; I do things that I hate.
No one who is a child of God commits sin, for God's nature remains in his heart, and he cannot sin, because he is a child of God.
He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"
Dear children, let no one mislead you; whoever acts uprightly is upright, just as he is upright.
envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you as I did before that people who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.
You must not lie to one another. For you have stripped off your old self with its ways
And do you suppose, when you sit in judgment upon those who do such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?
Topics on Practice
Abominations, Practices
Luke 16:15And he said to them, "You are the men who parade your uprightness before people, but God knows your hearts. For what men consider great is detestable in the sight of God.
Baptism, practice of
Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit,
Deceit, Practice Of
Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but they disown him by what they do; they are detestable, disobedient men, worthless for any good purpose.
Deception, Christians Must Not Practice
1 Peter 2:1Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind,
Fasting, Practice Of
Matthew 6:16-18"When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, like the hypocrites, for they neglect their personal appearance to let people see that they are fasting. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get.
Idolatry, Wicked Practices Of
1 Corinthians 10:7You must not become idolaters, like some of them, for the Scripture says, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to dance."
Magical Arts, Practice Of
Acts 16:16Once as we were on our way to the praying place a slave-girl met us who had the gift of ventriloquism, and made her masters a great deal of money by her fortune-telling.
Pagan Practices
1 Corinthians 10:7You must not become idolaters, like some of them, for the Scripture says, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to dance."