38 Bible Verses about Duty

Only he shall not multiply. to himself horses, and he shall not turn back the people to Egypt in order to multiply the horse: and Jehovah said to you, Ye shall no more add to turn back that way.

A king in judgment shall establish the land: and a man of presents shall overthrow it

The king judging the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony.

The God of Israel said to me, the Rock of Israel spake a parable upon the just man: a parable to fear God.

And he will say to the judges, See ye what ye do: for not for man shall ye judge, but for Jehovah; and he with you in the word of judgment

When a man shall take a new wife, he shall not go out in the war, and nothing shall pass upon him for any word: he shall be free to his house one year, and gladden his wife whom he took.

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

And the man will say, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; and this shall be called woman, because she was taken from man. Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and will cleave to his woman; and they shall be into one flesh.

Thy fountain shall be blessed: and rejoice from the wife of thy youth.

See life with the wife which thou didst love all the days of the life of thy vanity which he gave to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for this thy portion in life, and in thy labor which thou laborest under the sun.

She viewed the goings of her house, and the bread of sloth she will not eat

That they render the young women discreet, to be lovers of the husband, lovers of the children,

And the decree of the king which he shall make being heard in all his kingdom, (for it is great,) and all the women shall give honor to their husbands, to the great and even to the small.

And to the married I announce, (not I, but the Lord,) The wife not to be separated from the husband:

Women, yield ye obedience to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

And I am persuaded my brethren, and I myself for you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, tilled with all knowledge, being able also to remind one another.

Not shaming you, write I these, but as my beloved children I admonish you.

And, fathers, be not angry with your children: but bring them up in the instruction and reminding of the Lord.

Let the word of Christ dwell in, you richly; teaching and reminding one another in all wisdom, playing with harps, and songs, and spiritual odes, with grace singing in your hearts to the Lord.

And we beseech you, brethren, remind the disorderly, encourage the timid, sustain the weak, and be slow to anger to all.

Curse ye Meroz, said the messenger of Jehovah: Cursing, curse ye her inhabitants; For they came not to the help of Jehovah To the help of Jehovah against the mighty ones.

And every one hearing these my words and doing them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house upon sand.

And they will say, What one from the tribes of Israel who came not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh? And behold, not a man came from the camp of Jabesh-Gilead to the gathering.

And upon their hand held fast the Tekoites; and their nobles brought not their neck into the work of their Lord.

And they in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness which thou gavest to them, and in the broad and fat land which thou gavest before them, served not thee, and turned not back from their evil works.

I became to the weak as weak, that I might gain the weak: I have been all things to all, that altogether I might save some.

And we beseech you, brethren, remind the disorderly, encourage the timid, sustain the weak, and be slow to anger to all.

I shewed you all things, that so being wearied ye must support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that himself said, It is happy to give rather than receive.

And we the able ought to bear the weaknesses of the unable and not 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 brought me in: Naked, and ye put around me: I was sick, and ye reviewed me: I was in prison, and ye came to me.

If thou shalt meet thine enemy's ox or his ass wandering, turning back, thou shalt turn him back to him.

If therefore thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for doing this, thou shalt heap up-coals of fire on his head.

But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out.

If I shall rejoice in the destruction of him hating me, and I exalted when evil found him:

In the falling of thine enemies thou shalt not rejoice, and in his stumbling thy heart shall not exult:

If yet ye complete the royal law according to the writing, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

Thou shalt not avenge thyself nor keep anger with the sons of thy people, and didst love thy neighbor as thyself. I Jehovah.

And the second like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. No other command is greater than these.

Love works no evil to the neighbor: love therefore the completion of the law.

And we the able ought to bear the weaknesses of the unable and not please ourselves. For let each of us please the neighbor for good to the building.

And we beseech you, brethren, remind the disorderly, encourage the timid, sustain the weak, and be slow to anger to all.

Call with the throat; thou shalt not spare; as a trumpet lift up thy voice, and announce to my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sin.

And every contention which shall come upon you from your brethren dwelling in their cities, between blood to blood, between law to command, to precepts and to judgments, and warn ye them and they shall not trespass against Jehovah, and wrath being upon you and upon your brethren: thus shall ye do and not trespass.

In my saying to the unjust, Dying, thou shalt die; and thou admonished him not, and thou spakest not to admonish the unjust from his way of injustice to preserve him alive; this unjust one shall die in his iniquity, and his blood I will seek from thy hand.

And thou, if thou warnedst the unjust from his way to turn back from it, and be turned not back from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; and thou didst deliver thy soul.

And he will leave there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to Asaph and to his brethren, to serve before the ark always, for the word of a day in its day.

And Jehovah will say to Moses, Behold me raining for you bread from the heavens; and the people shall go forth and shall gather the word of a day in its day, so that I shall try them, whether they will go in my law or not

And he will set up according to the judgment of David his father the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their watches, to praise and to serve before the priests for the word of a day in its day; and the gate-keepers in their divisions, to gate and gate: for thus the command of David the man of God.

And they will do the festival of tents as written, and the burnt-offerings of a day in a day, in number according to judgment, the word of a day in its day.

And sharpen them to thy sons, and speak in them in thy resting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down and in thy rising up.

When thy son shall ask thee tomorrow, saying, What the testimonies and the laws and the judgments which Jehovah our God commanded you?

And his father and his mother laid hold on him and brought him to the old men of his city, and to the gate of his place;

Is not this the fast I shall choose? to loose the bands of injustice, to shake off the bundles of the yoke, and to send away the broken free, and ye shall break every yoke? Is it not to break thy bread to the hungry, and thou shalt bring the wandering poor to thy house? when thou shalt see the naked and cover him; and thou shalt not hide from thy flesh.

Therefore all whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Thou shalt not avenge thyself nor keep anger with the sons of thy people, and didst love thy neighbor as thyself. I Jehovah.

Then shall the king say to them from his right, Come, the praised 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 brought me in: Naked, and ye put around me: I was sick, and ye reviewed me: I was in prison, and ye came to me. read more.
Then shall the just answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished or thirsting, and gave to drink And when saw we thee a stranger, and brought in or naked, and put around And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? And the king having answered, will say to them, Trull I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did to one of the least of my brethren, ye did to me. Then shall he say to them from the left, Go away from me, the cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers: For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger and ye brought me not in; naked, and ye put not around me; sick, and in prison, and ye took not a view of me. Then shall they answer him, they also saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and attended not to thee? Then shall he answer them saying, Inasmuch as ye did not to one of the least of these, ye did not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: and the just into eternal life.

And, behold, a certain skilled in the law stood up, tempting him, and saying, Teacher, what having done shall I inherit eternal life And he said to him, What has been written in the law? how readest thou ? And he having answered, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength; and thy neighbor as thyself. read more.
And he said to him, Thou hast answered rightly; this do and thou shalt live.Translation PDF from Google If you can fill in this text please contact e-sword Uers And he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor And Jesus having replied said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers : and having stripped him, and laid on blows, they departed, leaving him half dead. And by accident a certain priest went down in that way : and having seen him, went on the opposite side. And likewise also a Levite, having been in the place, having come and seen him, went on the opposite side. And a certain Samaritan, travelling, came to him : and having seen him, felt compassion. And having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and having mounted him upon his own animal, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And upon the morrow, he having come forth, taking out two drachmas, he gave to the inn-keeper, and said to him, Take care, of him; and whatever thou spendest besides, I, in my coming back, will repay thee. Which then of these three seems to thee to have been neighbor to him fallen among rubbers.? And he said, He having done mercy with him. Then said Jesus to him, Go thou, and do likewise.

Straiten to a youth upon the mouth of his way, also when he shall grow old he will not depart from it.

The living; the living, he shall praise thee, as from me this day the father to the sons shall make known for thy truth.

Arise, cry aloud in the night: at the head of the watches pour out thy heart as water before the face of Jehovah: lift up thy hands to him for the soul of thy young children fainting with hunger in the head of all the streets.

And the Lord increase you and make you to abound in love to one another, and to all, as also we to you:

Let brotherly love remain.

If yet ye complete the royal law according to the writing, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, and thou shalt not rob: the wages of the hireling shall not remain with thee till morning.

In his day thou shalt give his hire, and the sun shall not go down upon it, for he is poor, and he lifted up his soul to it; and he will cry against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.

See that any return not evil to any: but always pursue good to one another, and to all. Rejoice always. Pray continually. read more.
In every thing return thanks: for this the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. Quench not the Spirit. Set not prophecies at nought. Try all things; hold the good. Keep away from all appearance of evil. And the same God of peace consecrate you perfectly compete; and your whole spirit and soul and body be kept faultless to the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful he calling you, who also will do. Brethren, pray for us. Greet all the brethren in a holy kiss. I bind you by oath, for the epistle to be read to all the holy brethren. The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you. Amen.

And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was oppressed in spirit, testifying to the Jews Jesus Christ.

For we cannot, the things we have seen and heard, not speak.

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

And we all, shown as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, with the face uncovered, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Spirit of the Lord.

And be ye not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, for you to prove what the good, and the pleasing, and the perfected will of God.

Presiding well over his own house, having the children in subjection with all gravity;

Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding well over the children and their own houses.

Having purified your souls in the hearing of the truth by the Spirit to unfeigned brotherly love, out of pure hearts love ye one another cordially:

Dearly beloved, we should love one another: for love is of God; and every one loving has been born of God, and knows God.

Love unfeigned. Hating evil; fastened to good.

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet; and if any other command in this word it is summed up, in it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Mine eye languished from affliction: I called to thee, O Jehovah, in all the day, I stretched my hands to thee.

In all the day I will praise thee, and I will praise thy name forever and ever.

Behold, I have prepared to come to you the third time; and I will not act with negligence to you: for I seek not your things, but you: for children ought not to treasure up for parents, but parents for children.

For if I announce the good news, there is no boasting to me: for necessity is laid upon me; and woe is to me, if I announce not the good news!

And love ye the stranger, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him hearing say, Come. And let him thirsting come. And let him wishing, take the water of life freely.

Servants, listen ye in all things to lords according to the flesh; not in eyeservice as pleasing men; but in simplicity of heart, fearing God:

As children of obedience, not as formerly conforming yourselves to eager desire in your ignorance: But according to the holy one calling you, also should ye yourselves be holy in all turning back;

Lords, render ye to servants Justice and equality; knowing that ye also have a Lord in the heavens.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke deem their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the doctrines be not defamed.

Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ;

Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life.

For whoever should wish to save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it.

And I said, I will not bring him to remembrance, and I will no more speak in his name. And it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was wearied to endure, and I shall not be able.

And the second like it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And, lords, do ye the same things to them, letting go threatening: knowing that also your own Lord is in the heavens; and distinction of persons is not with him.

And he will read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day even to the last day. And they will do a festival seven days; and in the eighth day a restraint according to judgment

Happy the man hearing to me, to watch at my doors day, day; to watch the door posts of my entrances.

Servants being subjected to masters in all fear; not only to the good and equitable, but also to the crooked.

I will lift up the cup of salvation, and upon the name of Jehovah will I call.

And see, and make in their pattern which thou wert seeing in the mountain.

Cure the sick, cleanse the leprous, rouse the dead, cast out demons; as a gift ye have received, as a gift give.

As each received favor, serving the same among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

If I shall despise the judgment of my servant and my maid in their contending with me; And what shall I do when God shall rise up? And when he shall review, what shall I turn back to him?

But beseech one another according to each day, as far as the day is called; lest any of you be hardened by deceit of sin.

Or he shall lay hold upon my strength, he shall make peace to me, he shall make peace to me.

And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten coins, and said to them, Attend to business, till I come.

For I have given you a pattern, as I have done to you, also should ye do.

I shewed you all things, that so being wearied ye must support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that himself said, It is happy to give rather than receive.

And I have an immersion to be immersed with; and how am I pressed together till it should be finished!

This is my command, That ye love one another, as I loved you.

In this all shall know that ye are disciples to me, if ye have love in one another.

Thus will I play on the harp to thy name forever, to repay me my vows day by day.

Servants to be subordinate to their own masters, to be pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

That they render the young women discreet, to be lovers of the husband, lovers of the children,

And he said to all, If any one wish to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross daily and let him follow me.

The lion roared, who shall not be afraid? the Lord Jehovah spake, who shall not prophesy?

I must work the works of him having sent me, while it is day: night comes, when none can work.

Receiving the report of unfeigned faith in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

And Jehovah will be with Jehoshaphat, for he went in the first ways of David his father, and he sought not for the Baals.

And thou, if thou shalt go before me as David thy father went with integrity of heart and in uprightness to do according to all that I commanded thee, my law and my judgment thou shalt watch:

And he will go in the way of his father Asa, and he removed not from it, doing the straight in the eyes of Jehovah.

And he will do the straight in the eyes of Jehovah according to all which Amaziah his father did.

And sharpen them to thy sons, and speak in them in thy resting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down and in thy rising up.

When thy son shall ask thee tomorrow, saying, What the testimonies and the laws and the judgments which Jehovah our God commanded you?

And his father and his mother laid hold on him and brought him to the old men of his city, and to the gate of his place;

Straiten to a youth upon the mouth of his way, also when he shall grow old he will not depart from it.

The living; the living, he shall praise thee, as from me this day the father to the sons shall make known for thy truth.

Arise, cry aloud in the night: at the head of the watches pour out thy heart as water before the face of Jehovah: lift up thy hands to him for the soul of thy young children fainting with hunger in the head of all the streets.

And, fathers, be not angry with your children: but bring them up in the instruction and reminding of the Lord.

Fathers, irritate not your children, lest they be discouraged.

Presiding well over his own house, having the children in subjection with all gravity;

Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding well over the children and their own houses.

Behold, I have prepared to come to you the third time; and I will not act with negligence to you: for I seek not your things, but you: for children ought not to treasure up for parents, but parents for children.

That they render the young women discreet, to be lovers of the husband, lovers of the children,