13 Bible Verses about Motives, Importance Of

in whom also we have obtained our inheritance, predestinated according to the purpose of him who effectually worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will: that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first had hope in Christ. In whom ye also [trusted] after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the holy Spirit of promise,read more.
which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the final redemption, acquired by him, come, to the praise of his glory.

Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all things to the glory of God.

And everything that ye do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

If any man speak, let it be agreeably to the oracles of God; if any man act as a deacon, let it be from the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory and might for ever and ever. Amen.

TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, in order to catch their eye: for otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Therefore when thou givest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They receive their reward. But when thou givest alms, let not thy right hand know what thy left is doing:read more.
that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will himself reward thee openly. And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, to pray, that they may make a shew to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and shut thy door, to pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. And when thou art at prayer, use not vain repetitions, like the heathen: for they imagine that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like them: for your Father knoweth of what things ye have need, before you ask him. Thus then pray ye: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen! For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not to men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences. And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou mayest not make a shew of fasting to men, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Ye ask, and receive nothing, because ye ask vilely, in order to consume it on your sensual appetites.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence towards God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things which are pleasing in his sight.

Servants, obey in all things your masters after the flesh, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but, in simplicity of heart, fearing God. And in every thing that ye do, labour from the soul, as for the Lord, and not man; knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye are servants to the Lord Christ.read more.
But he that is guilty of injustice shall receive punishment for the wrong he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

Servants, be obedient to your masters after the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul; with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not unto men:read more.
knowing that whatsoever good a man doeth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman, or whether he be free.

Marriage is honourable for all persons, and the marriage bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, the vile passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is idolatry: for which things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience;

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from whoredom; that every one of you may know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour, not in the vile passion of lewdness, as the Gentiles which know not God;read more.
that no man transgress against, or act dishonestly to his brother in this matter because the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we have told you before, and testified.