1 Peter 2:1
Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.
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1 Samuel 18:8Then Saul became exceedingly angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes. And he said: “They have given David ten thousand, and to me they gave only one thousand. What is left for him, except the kingdom itself?”
Psalms 32:2Confess to the Lord with stringed instruments; sing psalms to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.
Psalms 37:1A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.
Proverbs 3:31Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways.
Proverbs 24:1Do not imitate evil men, nor desire to be among them.
Isaiah 2:20In that day, man shall cast aside his idols of silver and his images of gold, which he had made for himself, as if to reverence the moles and the bats.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:1
The general exhortation to holiness is continued, and enforced by several reasons taken from the foundation on which Christians are built, Jesus Christ, and from their spiritual blessings and privileges in him. The means of obtaining it, the word of God, is recommended, and all contrary qualities are condemned, ver. 1-12 . Particular directions are given how subjects ought to obey the magistrates, and servants their masters, patiently suffering in well doing, in imitation of Christ, ver. 13, to the end . Read the whole commentary →