Bible Verses About Living by Example
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for living by example, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 651 votes, led by Matthew 5:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Living by Example
Matthew 5:16124 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
1 Peter 2:2165 votes
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Philippians 2:1-3052 votes
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Romans 13:1348 votes
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Titus 2:746 votes
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Philippians 4:945 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.
Ephesians 5:1-244 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Galatians 2:2035 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Ephesians 5:823 votes
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Matthew 12:36-3722 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
1 Timothy 4:1219 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.
James 2:14-2619 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
1 Peter 5:319 votes
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Romans 12:215 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.
Revelation 22:1-2115 votes
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Psalms 1:1-614 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 Timothy 3:1614 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
John 12:4811 votes
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Romans 10:911 votes
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Philippians 3:1710 votes
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
What does the Bible say about living by example?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:16 on the subject of living by example. Across 651 votes, 20 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 2:21, Philippians 2:1-30, Romans 13:13. This page lists all 20 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.