Titus 1:11

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

Cross-references

Titus 1:9 Parallel

Titus 1:9 instructs elders to refute opponents with sound doctrine, directly complementing the command here to silence false teachers.

Titus 1:7 Contrast

Titus 1:7 lists 'not pursuing dishonest gain' for elders, directly contrasting the false teachers' motivation here.

Titus 3:10 Parallel

Titus 3:10 warns to reject a divisive person after two admonitions, a parallel disciplinary measure to silencing false teachers here.

Titus 3:11 Parallel

Titus 3:11 shows that a divisive person is warped and self-condemned, reinforcing the same pattern of dealing with false teachers.

2 Peter 2:1-3 describes false prophets exploiting with greed — a direct parallel to the dishonest gain and disruption here.

Isaiah 56:11 condemns shepherds who seek their own gain, matching the dishonest gain motivation here.

Jeremiah 8:10 describes prophets and priests greedy for gain and deceitful, directly paralleling false teachers.

Ezekiel 13:19 condemns false prophets lying for handfuls of barley, echoing dishonest gain for teaching lies.

Micah 3:5 Parallel

Micah 3:5 condemns prophets who lead astray for food, directly paralleling false teachers who disrupt for gain.

Matthew 23:14 condemns Pharisees devouring widows' houses, same pattern of exploiting households for dishonest gain.

John 10:12 Parallel

In John 10:12, the hired hand abandons the sheep for selfish reasons — a parallel to false teachers who disrupt households for dishonest gain.

2 Timothy 3:6 describes false teachers worming into homes to control gullible women, mirroring household disruption.

1 Timothy 6:5 condemns those who think godliness is a means to gain — the same corrupt motive behind these false teachers.

Colossians 2:4 warns against fine-sounding arguments that deceive — the same deceptive teaching seen in the false teachers of Titus.

Galatians 1:7 warns of those perverting the gospel and causing confusion, which parallels the false teachers here.

1 Timothy 1:7 shows false teachers ignorant yet confident — they want to teach but know nothing, matching the disruptors here.

1 Timothy 6:10 warns that love of money leads to wandering from faith — directly related to the false teachers' greed for dishonest gain.

1 Peter 5:2 Contrast

1 Peter 5:2 contrasts honest shepherds who are not greedy, directly opposing the false teachers in Titus 1:11 who teach for dishonest gain.

2 Peter 2:3 Parallel

2 Peter 2:3 describes false teachers exploiting others with fabricated stories for greed, mirroring the dishonest gain motive in Titus 1:11.

Philippians 3:19 describes false teachers whose god is their stomach — focused on earthly desires, similar to those teaching for dishonest gain.

In 2 Corinthians 11:13, these false apostles masquerade as apostles, echoing the false teachers in Titus who disrupt households for gain.

2 Corinthians 2:17 contrasts peddling God's word for profit with sincere preaching — directly opposes the dishonest gain in Titus.

Acts 15:24 Parallel

Acts 15:24 describes unauthorized teachers troubling believers — directly parallels the disruptive false teachers in Titus.

Hosea 4:8 Parallel

Hosea 4:8 rebukes priests who feed on people's sins — similar to false teachers profiting from deceiving households.

Jeremiah 17:11 compares unjust gain to a partridge hatching eggs not its own — parallels the dishonest gain of false teachers.

Proverbs 21:6 directly condemns wealth gained by a lying tongue — exactly the dishonest gain motivating these false teachers.

1 Timothy 3:3 lists qualifications for overseers, including not being a lover of money — in contrast to the false teachers' dishonest gain.

Psalm 63:11 Allusion

Psalm 63:11 declares liars' mouths will be silenced, echoing the divine justice against false teachers commanded here.

2 Corinthians 4:5 preaches serving Christ and others — contrasts the self-serving motive of false teachers in Titus.

2 Timothy 2:16 warns against godless chatter that leads to ungodliness — similar to the false teachers' harmful teaching.

James 3:6 Parallel

James 3:6 describes the tongue's power to corrupt a whole body, illustrating how false teachers' words can disrupt entire households.

Ecclesiastes 9:18 warns that one sinner destroys much good — these false teachers ruin whole households.

1 Timothy 5:13 describes busybodies saying things they ought not — a verbal parallel to the false teachers' improper teaching, though in a different context.

Romans 3:19 Parallel

Romans 3:19 states the law silences every mouth for accountability, broadening the principle of silencing applied specifically to false teachers here.

Psalm 107:42 Related theme

Psalm 107:42 says the wicked shut their mouths, a thematic parallel to God silencing false teachers as seen here.