Bible Verses About Being an Example
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being an example, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,813 votes, led by 1 Timothy 4:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being an Example
1 Timothy 4:12286 votes
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.
Titus 2:6-7208 votes
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
1 Peter 2:16120 votes
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Proverbs 22:695 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
John 13:1586 votes
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
1 Peter 2:1282 votes
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Philippians 3:1766 votes
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
John 13:3563 votes
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Matthew 5:1654 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Titus 2:6-845 votes
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
Matthew 5:1343 votes
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Matthew 5:1443 votes
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
1 Corinthians 11:141 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Philippians 4:941 votes
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.
John 3:16-1740 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Proverbs 24:1-239 votes
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Colossians 3:1628 votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
1 John 4:1227 votes
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Philippians 4:825 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Romans 12:224 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Titus 2:723 votes
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
1 Peter 2:2122 votes
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Mark 10:4521 votes
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Psalms 34:819 votes
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
1 Peter 5:317 votes
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
What does the Bible say about being an example?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 4:12 on the subject of being an example. Across 1,813 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Titus 2:6-7, 1 Peter 2:16, Proverbs 22:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.