Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About living by example
13 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about living by example? Browse 13 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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Translation Comparison
| Translation | Key Verse: Matthew 5:16 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” |
13 Key Scriptures
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16KJV
“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: for us: some read, for you”
1 Peter 2:21KJV
“If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,”
“In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,”
Titus 2:7KJV
“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. honestly: or, decently”
Romans 13:13KJV
“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;”
“Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.”
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
“Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. being lords over: or, overruling”
1 Peter 5:3KJV
“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”
“What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?”
James 2:14KJV
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