2 Timothy 2:16

Timothy must avoid irreverent, empty talk, for it leads people into greater ungodliness. Idle religious chatter corrupts rather than edifies.

Cross-references · 17

• Titus 3:9But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.
• 1 Tim 6:20O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
• 2 Th 2:7–8For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.
• Titus 1:14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
• 2 Tim 2:14Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
• Hos 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
• Ezra 10:10Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
• 1 Tim 4:7But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.
• Rev 13:3One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.
• 1 Cor 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
• Heb 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
• 2 Pet 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
• 2 Tim 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• 1 Cor 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
• Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
• 2 Pet 2:2Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
• Rev 13:14Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.

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