46 Bible Verses about Doing The Right Thing

Therefore, anyone who knows what is right but fails to do it is guilty of sin.

Do what is good and right in the LORD's sight so it may go well with you. Then you'll enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God promised to your ancestors,

After all, if it is the will of God, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.

What good does it do if, when you sin, you patiently receive punishment for it? But if you suffer for doing good and receive it patiently, you have God's approval.

For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

For I don't do the good I want to do, but instead do the evil that I don't want to do.

We intend to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of people.

But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

"You must not act as we have been doing here today, where everyone acts as they see fit,

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them.

(Now it is always good to be devoted to a good cause, even when I am not with you.)

I don't understand what I am doing. For I don't practice what I want to do, but instead do what I hate.

He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, but not with a perfect heart.

This is from the LORD it is awesome in our sight.

Because they do not know how to act right," declares the LORD, "they are filling their strongholds with treasures that they took from others by violence into their fortified citadels."

because you know that everyone will receive a reward from the Lord for whatever good he has done, whether he is a slave or free.

Jesus answered him, "You don't realize now what I'm doing, but later on you'll understand."

Every man's lifestyle is proper in his own view, but the LORD weighs the heart.

For there is not a single righteous man on earth who practices good and does not sin.

But there's only one thing you need. Mary has chosen what is better, and it is not to be taken away from her."

"Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

But then they told each other, "We're not doing the right thing. This is a day of good news, but if we keep quiet until morning, we're sure to be punished! So let's leave and go tell the king's household!"

They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.

Who will harm you if you are devoted to doing what is good?

But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. "Never be afraid of their threats, and never get upset.

Serve willingly, as if you were serving the Lord and not merely people,

Brothers, do not get tired of doing what is right.

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

But when the righteous person abandons his righteous deeds and commits evil, detestable practices, as wicked people do, he won't live, will he? None of the righteous acts that he had done will be remembered. He'll die in his treacherous unfaithfulness and sins that he had committed."

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.

For whenever gentiles, who do not possess the Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the Law.

I have seen it all during my pointless life: both a righteous person who dies while he is righteous, and a wicked person who lives to an old age, while remaining wicked.

Let the one who does what is evil continue to do what is evil. Let the filthy person continue to be filthy. Let the righteous person continue to do what is right. And let the holy person continue to be holy."

For the authorities are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you like to live without being afraid of the authorities? Then do what is right, and you will receive their approval.

So I find this to be a principle: when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.

If you do what is appropriate, you'll be accepted, won't you? But if you don't do what is appropriate, sin is crouching near your doorway, turning toward you. Now as for you, will you take dominion over it?"

That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.

This is how God's children and the Devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.

Instead, test everything. Hold on to what is good.

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

Moses' father-in-law told him, "What you are doing is not good.

eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;

But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."