2 Timothy 3:5

Which verses does 2 Timothy 3:5 point to?

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1. Isaiah 29:1365 votes

   Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

2. Titus 1:1657 votes

   They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

3. Matthew 23:27–2842 votes

   Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

4. 1 Timothy 5:833 votes

   If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

5. Romans 2:20–2429 votes

   an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? …

6. Matthew 7:1524 votes

   Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

7. Titus 3:1022 votes

   Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

8. Ezekiel 33:30–3221 votes

   As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’ So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. …

9. Romans 16:17–1814 votes

   Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

10. 2 Timothy 2:1614 votes

    But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,

11. 2 John 1:10–1214 votes
12. Isaiah 58:1–312 votes
13. 2 Timothy 2:2312 votes
14. Ephesians 4:1410 votes

    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

15. 1 Timothy 6:510 votes

    and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

16. Isaiah 48:1–29 votes
17. 2 Thessalonians 3:69 votes
18. 2 Thessalonians 3:147 votes

Which verses point to 2 Timothy 3:5?

The 10 strongest of 62.

• Mark 7:6 104
• Isaiah 5:20 71
• 1 Timothy 4:1 48
• 2 Timothy 4:3 39
• Romans 16:17 22
• John 16:13 20
• Titus 1:16 19
• Jude 1:18 17
• Ephesians 5:11 16
• 1 Timothy 6:5 14