10 Bible Verses about Etiquette
Most Relevant Verses
Now when each maid's turn was come to go in to King Ahasuerus, after she had been twelve months according to the law regarding the women (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, that is, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with aromatic odours and oils for women),
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon; and they cut his hair and changed his clothes, and he came in unto Pharaoh.
and put a knife to thy throat if thou art a man given to appetite.
Do not praise thyself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men; for it is better that it be said unto thee, Come up here than that thou should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house lest he be weary of thee and so hate thee.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
He that is slow to wrath is of great intelligence, but he that is short of spirit exalts folly.
The man whose spirit has no restraint is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will fix mine eyes upon thee.