What Does the Bible Say About Dear Friends Do Not Imitate What Is Evil?

3 John 1:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

1 John 3:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

1 John 2:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

Psalm 37:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.

Psalm 34:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

3 John 1:1-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, ...

1 John 3:9-10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

Jude 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. ...

3 John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

2 John 1:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love. I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. ...

1 John 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

1 John 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.

1 Timothy 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

Philippians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

John 21:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

John 19:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe.

Psalm 37:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

Numbers 11:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down. So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them. Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. ...

19 Bible Verses about Dear Friends Do Not Imitate What Is Evil

3 John 1:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 John 3:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 2:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 37:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 34:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

3 John 1:1-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 3:9-10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jude 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

3 John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 John 1:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 21:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 19:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 11:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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19 Bible Verses about Dear Friends Do Not Imitate What Is Evil

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3 John 1:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 John 3:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 2:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 37:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 34:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

3 John 1:1-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 3:9-10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jude 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

3 John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 John 1:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 21:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 19:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 11:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes