27 Bible Verses about Social duties

And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon,'son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee; And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.

And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.

By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

I charge thee in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words ), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.

These also are'sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.

For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.

For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

And he said unto his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah's anointed.

Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

Jesus wept.

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.

All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.

Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.

Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!

naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.

Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.

Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and entertained us three days courteously.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;

Let love of the brethren continue.

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.

Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.

Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

to be'sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.

Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.

Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Jehovah liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

For ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of you possessions, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.

And the barbarians showed us no common kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: