36 Bible Verses about piety

and be holy and righteous before him all of our days.

"Your fear of God has been your confidence, hasn't it? The integrity of your life has been your hope, hasn't it?

Yet you dispense with fear of God and hinder meditations before God.

But understand this: the LORD has set apart the godly for himself! The LORD will hear me when I cry out to him!

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

your godliness with brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness with love.

They will hold to an outward form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.

Will he acquit you just because you fear him, and render a verdict on your behalf?

As a mortal man, he offered up 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 devotion to God.

Do not have anything to do with godless myths and fables of old women. Instead, train yourself to be godly.

Protect me, for I am faithful; My God, deliver your servant who trusts in you.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.

These things have the appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion, humility, and harsh treatment of the body, but they have no value against self-indulgence.

for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity.

The LORD spoke to Moses,

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

Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit.

He was a devout man who feared God, as did everyone in his home. He gave many gifts to the poor among the people and always prayed to God.

When Peter saw this, he told the people: "Fellow Israelis, why are you wondering about this, and why are you staring at us as if by our own power or godliness we made him walk?

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels cheat you out of the prize by rejoicing about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up for no reason by his carnal mind.

"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

Physical exercise is of limited value, but Godliness is very dear, a pledge of life, both there and here.

"A certain Ananias, who was a devout man with respect to the Law and who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

Now a man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not prove itself with actions, is dead.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

then the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and to hold unrighteous people for punishment on the day of judgment,

Now devout Jews from every nation on earth were living in Jerusalem.

Therefore, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative.

Instead, he must be hospitable to strangers, must appreciate what is good, and be sensible, honest, moral, and self-controlled.

By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: In flesh was he revealed to sight, kept righteous by the Spirit's might, adored by angels singing. To nations was he manifest, believing souls found peace and rest, our Lord in heaven reigning!

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.

and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.

but through good actions. This is proper for women who claim to revere God.

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