13 Bible Verses about Manners
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And they did not kindness with the house of Jerubbaal, Gideon, according to all the good which he did with Israel.
(And David said, Surely in vain did I watch all which was to this one in the desert, and not any thing was missed from all which was to him; and he will turn back to me evil for good.
And he will go up from thence to the house of God: and he going up in the way, and little boys will come forth from the city, and will scoff at him, and say to him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he will turn behind him and see them, and he will curse them in the name of Jehovah. And, two she-bears will come forth from the forest and will rend of them forty and two children.
And the first-born will say to the small, our father has become old, and not a man in the earth to come in to us according to the way of all the earth: Come, we will give to our father wine to drink, and we will lie down with him, and we shall preserve alive seed from our father. And they will give their father wine to drink in that night, and the first-born will go in and will lie down with her father; and he will not know in her lying down, and in her rising up.read more.
And it shall be on the morrow, and the first-born will say to the small, Behold, I lay down yesterday with my father: we will also give him wine to drink this night; and go thou, lie down with him, and we shall preserve alive seed from our father. And they will give their father wine to drink also in that night, and the small will arise and will he down with him, and he will not know in her lying down and her rising up. And the two daughters of Lot will conceive by their father.
And ye shall not walk in the laws of the nations which I sent out from before you: for they did all these things and I shall be disgusted with them.
And the five men will go and come to Laish, and they will see the people which in the midst of her, dwelling in confidence according to the judgment of the Sidonians, quiet and confiding; and none shaming the word in the land, a possessor heaping up, and they far off from the Sidonians, and the word was not to them with man.
Therefore so do ye pray: Our Father which in the heavens, Let thy name be declared holy.
And when they came to him, he said to them, Ye know, from the first day in which I embarked for Asia, how I was with you all the time
A ring of gold in the nose of a swine, a fair woman and she departed from discernment
And if any one of the unbelieving call you, and ye wish to go; every thing set before you, eat, interrogating nothing through consciousness. And if any one say to you, This is sacrificed to an idol, eat not, for him making it known, and consciousness: for of the Lord the earth, and its fulness: And consciousness, I say, not thine, but another's: for that why is my freedom judged by another's consciousnessread more.
And if I partake by grace, why am I defamed for what I give thanks?
It demeans itself not unbecomingly, seeks not the things of itself, is not irritated, reckons no evil;
In wisdom walk toward them without, purchasing the time. Your word always in grace, Seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer one another.
For ye yourselves know that ye ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you; Neither ate we the bread of any as a gift; but in fatigue and toil working night and day also, not to overload any of you: Not that we have not power, but that we give ourselves a type to you to imitate us.read more.
For also when we were with you, this we proclaimed to you, that if any will not work, neither should he eat.
From Thematic Bible
Manners » Rules for guests
If thou shalt sit to eat with a ruler, understanding, thou shalt understand what is before thee. And put a knife to thy swallow if thou the possessor of a soul.
And if any one of the unbelieving call you, and ye wish to go; every thing set before you, eat, interrogating nothing through consciousness.
Manners » In presence of » Superiors
And she will say to her father, My lord will not be angry in his eyes, that I shall not be able to rise from thy face, for the way of women is to me. And he will search and he found not the family gods,
Manners » Obeisance to strangers
And he shall lift up his eyes and shall see, and behold, three men stood by him: and he will see and will run to meet them from the door of the tent, and will bow himself to the earth.
And two messengers shall come to Sodom in the evening; and Lot will sit in the gate of Sodom; and Lot will see, and will rise up to meet them, and will bow himself with the face to the earth.
Manners » In presence of » The aged
From the face of gray hair thou shalt rise up, and thou shalt honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt be afraid of thy God: I Jehovah.
Manners » Standing while guests eat
And he will take curdled milk, and new milk, and the son of the cow which he did, and he will give before their face; and he stood by them under the tree, and they shall eat
Manners » Courteousness encouraged
And finally, all unanimous, suffering together, loving the brethren, having good bowels, an affectionate disposition: