Topic
Avoid
6 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Samuel 18:11ISBE
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
- Romans 16:17ISBE
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
- 2 Corinthians 8:20ISBE
Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
- 1 Timothy 6:20ISBE
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
- 2 Timothy 2:23ISBE
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
- Titus 3:9ISBE
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
a-void: Archaic use in 1Sa 18:11 for "escaped." In the Revised Version (British and American) of New Testament only in 2Co 8:20 stellomenoi (with negative), literally, "arranging that not," etc., i. e. by anticipation providing that something should not occur. In the King James Version for "turn away from," ekklinete: Ro 16:17; 1Ti 6:20; "refuse," paraitou, 2Ti 2:23; periistaso, Tit 3:9.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.