1 Peter 4:4
1 Peter · New Testament · Chapter 4
“Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:”1 Peter 4:4
What Does 1 Peter 4:4 Mean?
1 Peter 4:4 is found in the book of 1 Peter, chapter 4, verse 4 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Peter 4:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Peter 3:16“Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.”1 Peter 2:12“Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.”Acts 18:6“And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.”1 Peter 2:1“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”1 Peter 4:12“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:”Jude 1:10“But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.”Acts 13:45“But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.”Isaiah 51:7“Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.”2 Peter 2:12“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;”2 Peter 2:22“But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.”Acts 24:25“And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.”2 Peter 2:13“And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;”Luke 15:13“And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.”Acts 17:20“For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.”Romans 13:13“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.”Proverbs 18:3“When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.”Matthew 23:25“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.”Ephesians 5:18“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”1 John 3:12“Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.”Ecclesiastes 10:3“Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.”
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