What Does the Bible Say About Pokemon?
Here are 16 Bible verses about pokemon, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
BSBA righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
- #2Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
BSBTrain up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- #3Ephesians 5:15-17
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
BSBPay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
- #41 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
BSBServants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
- #51 Corinthians 6:12
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
BSB“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
- #61 Corinthians 10:23-24
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
BSB“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying. No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
- #7Galatians 4:3
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
BSBSo also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
- #81 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
BSBSo whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- #9James 3:7
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
BSBAll kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
- #101 Timothy 4:7
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
BSBBut reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.
- #11Romans 14:14
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
BSBI am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
- #12Galatians 4:9
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
BSBBut now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
- #13Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
BSBGuard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
- #141 Corinthians 13:11
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
BSBWhen I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
- #152 Timothy 4:4
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
BSBSo they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
- #161 Thessalonians 5:21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
BSBbut test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
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