1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

Cross References (50)

  • Ephesians 4:31 (27)

    Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

  • James 1:21 (22)

    Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can

  • James 4:11 (16)

    Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and jud

  • 1 Peter 3:10 (14)

    For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

  • Colossians 3:5–8 (12)

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and gre

  • Titus 3:3–5 (10)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • Ephesians 4:22–25 (9)

    to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

  • 1 Timothy 3:11 (8)

    In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

  • 1 Peter 4:4 (8)

    Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, a

  • Psalms 34:13 (7)

    Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:2–3 (7)

    I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

  • Hebrews 12:1 (7)

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin th

  • 1 Peter 4:2 (7)

    Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

  • James 5:9 (7)

    Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

  • Titus 2:3 (7)

    Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of go

  • Galatians 5:21–26 (6)

    and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not i

  • James 3:16–17 (6)

    For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

  • Romans 13:12–13 (6)

    The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of ligh

  • 1 Peter 2:22 (6)

    “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

  • Psalms 32:2 (6)

    Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

  • Psalms 37:1 (5)

    Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.

  • Ezekiel 18:31–32 (5)

    Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new sp

  • Matthew 7:5 (5)

    You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brot

  • 1 Corinthians 14:20 (5)

    Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

  • Matthew 23:28 (5)

    In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

  • Romans 1:29 (5)

    They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife

  • Luke 6:42 (5)

    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own e

  • Proverbs 3:31 (4)

    Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

  • Proverbs 24:1 (4)

    Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20 (4)

    For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there m

  • Revelation 14:5 (3)

    And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

  • 1 Peter 2:16 (3)

    Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

  • Luke 11:44 (3)

    Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:3 (3)

    For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

  • Job 36:13 (3)

    The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

  • James 4:5 (3)

    Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

  • 1 Samuel 18:8–9 (3)

    And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousan

  • Proverbs 24:19 (3)

    Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.

  • John 1:47 (3)

    When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

  • James 3:14 (3)

    But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

  • Proverbs 14:30 (3)

    A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

  • Isaiah 30:22 (3)

    So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual clot

  • 1 Corinthians 5:8 (3)

    Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened br

  • 1 Peter 1:18–25 (3)

    For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of

  • Matthew 24:51 (2)

    Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of t

  • Isaiah 2:20 (1)

    In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.

  • Matthew 15:7 (1)

    You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

  • Mark 12:15 (1)

    But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”

  • Psalms 73:3 (1)

    For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Luke 12:1 (1)

    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak f