1 Peter 2:15

For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

Cross References (22)

  • 1 Peter 3:17 (16)

    For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

  • Titus 2:8 (14)

    and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say ab

  • 1 Peter 2:12 (12)

    Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good

  • Matthew 7:26 (11)

    But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (10)

    Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:3 (8)

    For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

  • Jeremiah 4:22 (7)

    “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in

  • Job 2:10 (6)

    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this

  • 2 Peter 2:12 (6)

    These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matte

  • Proverbs 9:6 (6)

    Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

  • Romans 1:21 (6)

    For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their th

  • Ephesians 6:6–7 (6)

    And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your

  • Jude 1:10 (5)

    These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the thin

  • 1 Peter 4:2 (5)

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

  • Psalms 107:42 (5)

    The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • 1 Timothy 1:13 (5)

    I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was s

  • Titus 3:3 (4)

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

  • Matthew 25:2 (3)

    Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

  • Psalms 5:5 (3)

    The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

  • Galatians 3:1 (3)

    O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

  • Job 5:16 (2)

    So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Deuteronomy 32:6 (1)

    Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you a