36 Bible Verses about piety

in holiness and righteousness
in His presence all our days.

Isn’t your piety your confidence,
and the integrity of your life your hope?

But you even undermine the fear of God
and hinder meditation before Him.

Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.

knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness,

godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!

Does He correct you and take you to court
because of your piety?

During His earthly life, He offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

But have nothing to do with irreverent and silly myths. Rather, train yourself in godliness,

Protect my life, for I am faithful.
You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

Although these have a reputation of wisdom by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.

for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

But godliness with contentment is a great gain.

He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his unspiritual mind.

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

for

the training of the body has a limited benefit,
but godliness is beneficial in every way,
since it holds promise for the present life
and also for the life to come.

Someone named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good reputation with all the Jews residing there,

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

In the same way faith, if it doesn’t have works, is dead by itself.

The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and discipline.

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

There were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:

He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated in the Spirit,
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.

and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.

but with good works, as is proper for women who affirm that they worship God.

I will clothe its priests with salvation,
and its godly people will shout for joy.