Romans 2:24
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24 For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed[a] among the gentiles because of you.”(A)
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- 2.24 Or despised
Ezekiel 36:20-23
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20 But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that it was said of them, “These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to go out of his land.”(A) 21 But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.(B)
22 Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.(C) 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations and which you have profaned among them, and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God, when through you I display my holiness before their eyes.(D)
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Isaiah 52:5
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5 Now therefore what am I doing here, says the Lord, seeing that my people are taken away without cause? Their rulers howl, says the Lord, and continually, all day long, my name is despised.(A)
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2 Peter 2:2
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2 Even so, many will follow their debaucheries, and because of these teachers[a] the way of truth will be maligned.
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- 2.2 Gk because of them
Lamentations 2:15-16
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15 All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
they hiss and wag their heads
at daughter Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of all the earth?”(A)
16 All your enemies
open their mouths against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
they cry: “We have devoured her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
at last we have seen it!”(B)
Titus 2:8
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8 and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.(A)
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2 Samuel 12:14
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14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord,[a] the child born to you shall die.”(A)
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- 12.14 Cn: Heb scorned the enemies of the Lord
Titus 2:5
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5 to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.(A)
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1 Timothy 6:1
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6 Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be blasphemed.(A)
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Matthew 18:7
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7 Woe to the world because of things that cause sin![a] Such things are bound to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!(A)
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- 18.7 Or stumbling blocks
1 Timothy 5:14
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14 So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.(A)
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