14 occurrences in 11 translations

'Examples' in the Bible

He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, following all of the examples set by his ancestor David.

Verse ConceptsImitating Good Kings

I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

Verse ConceptsMouthsRiddlesProphecies Concerning ChristOthers Using ParablesMessianic Prophecies

I will chase after them with war, starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them.

Verse ConceptsHissingFamine Coming From GodMade A Horror

And all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use them as examples when they put a curse on anyone. They will say, "May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab whom the king of Babylon roasted to death in the fire!"

Verse ConceptsBurning PeopleLike Bad PeopleCursing The Ungodly

“Wander away from the midst of BabylonAnd go out of the land of the Chaldeans;Be like the male goats [who serve as leaders] at the head of the flocks.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonComing Out From Evil

My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofApollosPartialityDo Not Be Proudsisterhood

For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

Verse ConceptsImitating OthersImitatingTeachingImitating Good PeopleAntagonism From Jew And Gentile

Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness.

Verse ConceptsAddictionsMentoringAlcoholBeing A Womendrinking, abstention fromSlanderTemperanceAlcohol ConsumptionCharacters Of Old PeopleTeaching In The ChurchNot Too Much WineWomen's Rolesgossiping

My dear friend, do not follow wrong examples, but right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God.

Verse ConceptsImitating OthersOther People Of GodPeople Possibly Doing EvilImitatingBeing PositiveEthicsMoralityGod Turning Bad Things Into Goodbehaviorfollowing

Bible Theasaurus

Illustration (8 instances)
Instance (14 instances)
Lesson (25 instances)
Model (15 instances)
Representative (21 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
δεῖγμα 
Deigma 
Usage: 1

παραδειγματίζω 
Paradeigmatizo 
Usage: 2

τύπος 
Tupos 
Usage: 16

ὑπογραμμός 
Hupogrammos 
Usage: 1

ὑπόδειγμα 
Hupodeigma 
Usage: 5

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