Example
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Example’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God.
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You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
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When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations.
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Don’t be like your fathers and like your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
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Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:
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lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.
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Isaiah 8:11 OT
For Yahweh spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
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You have done evil more than your fathers, for behold, you each walk after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don’t listen to me.
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“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.
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Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills.
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I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers. Don’t observe their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
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Hosea 4:9 OT
It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
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Hosea 4:15 OT
“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’
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Hosea 5:5 OT
The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.
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Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.
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Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat. All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t…
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But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak. For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things…
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Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
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This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
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3 John 1:1 NT
The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.
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I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?” Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say. Also…
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Psalms 101:2 OT
I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
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You became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia. For from you the word of the Lord has been…
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Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.