'Example' in the Bible

For I have given you an example -- you should do just as I have done for you.

If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?

Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.

showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

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

For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.

and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,

So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.