Ephesians 6:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,”
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“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 6:14 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 3:21Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.
- Isaiah 11:5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
- Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- Luke 12:35Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
- 2 Corinthians 6:7in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
- Ephesians 5:9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
- 1 Peter 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 9:9They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
- Revelation 9:17Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
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