Galatians 5:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.”
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“But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and if one another ye do bite and devour, see--that ye may not by one another be consumed.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Galatians 5:15 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 9:44Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
- 2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
- Isaiah 9:20They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
- Isaiah 11:5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
- Isaiah 11:13Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
- Mark 3:25If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
- 1 Corinthians 6:6Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!
- 2 Corinthians 11:20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
- Galatians 5:26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
- Philippians 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
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