38 Bible Verses about Duty

Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses, inasmuch as LORD has said to you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

By justice the king establishes the land, but he who exacts gifts overthrows it.

The king who faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me. He who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

and said to the judges, Consider what ye do. For ye judge not for man, but for LORD, and [he is] with you in the judgment.

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be charged with any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

Husbands, love your own wives even as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife, and {the two (LXX/NT)} shall be one flesh.

Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of thy youth:

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou love all the days of thy life of vanity, which he has given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity. For that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor in which thou labor under the sun.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

so that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband.

Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

And I also myself am persuaded about you, my brothers, that ye yourselves are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

I do not write these things shaming you, but I warn you as my beloved children.

And ye fathers, do not exasperate your children, but rear them in the training and admonition of Lord.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.

And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

Curse ye Meroz, said the agent of LORD. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants of it, because they did not come to the help of LORD, to the help of LORD against the mighty.

And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.

And they said, Which one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to LORD to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their ranking men did not put their necks to the work of their lord.

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gave them, and in the large and fat land which thou gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.

And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.

For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in, naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me.

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, thou shall surely bring it back to him again.

Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,

If ye indeed fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well.

Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am LORD.

And this second is similar, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Love works no evil to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of law.

Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.

And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

Cry aloud, spare not. Lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

And whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards LORD, a

When I say to a wicked man, Thou shall surely die, and thou give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked man from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked man of his way to turn from it, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou have delivered thy soul.

So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of LORD, Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required,

Then LORD said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required, al

And they kept the feast of tabernacles as it is written, and [offered] the daily burnt-offerings by number according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required.

And thou shall teach them diligently to thy sons, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lay down, and when thou rise up.

When thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which LORD our God has commanded you?

then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?

All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am LORD.

Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in, naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me. read more.
Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and fed thee, or thirsting, and gave thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in, or naked, and clothed thee? And when did we see thee weak, or in prison, and came to thee? And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me. Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents. For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink, I was a stranger, and ye did not take me in, naked, and ye did not clothe me, weak, and in prison, and ye did not come to help me. Then they will also answer, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or weak, or in prison, and did not serve thee? Then he will answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these least, ye did it not to me. And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up testing him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, would I inherit eternal life? And he said to him, What is written in the law? How read thou? And having answered, he said, Thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength, and from thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself. read more.
And he said to him, Thou answered correctly. Do this and thou will live. But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? And having replied, Jesus said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. And he encountered bandits, who also, having stripped him and having beat him, departed having left him being half dead. And by coincidence a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise also a Levite who happened upon the place, having come, and having looked, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to him, and when he saw him, felt compassion. And having come, he wrapped up his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. And having set him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when departing, after taking out two denarii, he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatever thou might spend more, I will repay thee at my return. Which therefore, of these three, appears to thee to have become neighbor to the man who fell among the bandits? And he said, He who did mercy with him. Therefore Jesus said to him, Go, and do thou likewise.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth.

Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches. Pour out thy heart like water before the face of LORD. Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young sons, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you,

Let brotherly love abide.

If ye indeed fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well.

Thou shall not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Thou shall give him his hire in his day, neither shall the sun go down upon it, for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it, lest he cry against thee to LORD, and it be sin to thee.

See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all. Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. read more.
In everything express thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not disdain prophecies, but examine all things. Hold firm the good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And may the God of peace himself sanctify you thoroughly. And may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he who calls you, who also will do it. Brothers, pray about us. Salute all the brothers by a holy kiss. I adjure you by the Lord that the letter be read to all the holy brothers. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with you. Truly.

And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was being held by the Spirit, fully testifying to the Jews, Jesus the Christ.

For we are not able not to speak what we saw and heard.

And now behold, I, bound in the spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me in it,

But we all, with unveiled face seeing by reflection the glory of Lord, are transformed into the same likeness from glory to glory, just as from the Spirit of Lord.

And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

a man who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all propriety

Let helpers be husbands of one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.

Men who have purified your souls in obedience of the truth through the Spirit for non-hypocritical brotherly love. Ye should love each other fervently from a pure heart,

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good,

For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love

My eye wastes away because of affliction. I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, I have spread forth my hands to thee.

Every day I will bless thee, and I will praise thy name forever and ever.

Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

For if I preach the good-news, it is not a source of pride for me, for an obligation is laid upon me. And woe is to me if I do not preach the good-news.

Love ye therefore the sojourner, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he who hears, let him say, Come. And he who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Bondmen, obey in all things those masters according to flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance, but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct,

Masters, present to the bondmen what is right and equitable, knowing that ye also have a Master in heavens.

Let bondmen, as many as are under a yoke, regard their own masters worthy of all respect, so that the name of God and the doctrine may not be blasphemed.

Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ.

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.

For whoever wants save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot.

And the second is like it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

And ye masters, do the same things to them, easing up the threats, knowing also that the master of you yourselves is in the heavens, and there is no partiality from him.

Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly according to the ordinance.

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.

I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of LORD.

And see that thou make [them] according to their pattern that has been shown thee on the mountain.

Heal those who are feeble, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely ye received, freely give.

As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me, what then shall I do when God rises up? And when he visits, what shall I answer him?

But exhort each other during each day, while it is called Today, lest any of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. [Yea], let him make peace with me.

And having called ten of his bondmen, he gave them ten minas and said to them, Do business until I come.

For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done to you ye also should do.

I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

But I have an immersion to be immersed, and how am I constrained until it will be accomplished.

This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you.

By this all men will know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love among each other.

So I will sing praise to thy name forever, that I may daily perform my vows.

Bondmen are to be obedient to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not speaking contrary,

so that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The lion has roared, who will not fear? Lord LORD has spoken, who can but prophesy?

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.

taking memory of the non-hypocritical faith in thee, which first dwelt in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that is in thee also.

And LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David, and did not seek for the Baalim,

And as for thee, if thou will walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances,

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and did not turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of LORD.

And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

And thou shall teach them diligently to thy sons, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lay down, and when thou rise up.

When thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which LORD our God has commanded you?

then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth.

Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches. Pour out thy heart like water before the face of LORD. Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young sons, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.

And ye fathers, do not exasperate your children, but rear them in the training and admonition of Lord.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not be discouraged.

a man who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all propriety

Let helpers be husbands of one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.

Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

so that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,