27 Bible Verses about Social duties

And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need.

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man. For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

And Esther was more pleasing to the king than all the women, and to his eyes she was fairer and more full of grace than all the other virgins: so he put his crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

Do not be false to the married relation.

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.

If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;

Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:

She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.

Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures. Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.

True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;

If you see the ass of one who has no love for you bent down to the earth under the weight which is put on it, you are to come to its help, even against your desire.

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.

In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.

Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.

You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen.

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

And there was great weeping in all the country when all the people went through; and the king himself was waiting in the Kidron valley and all the people went by him in the direction of the olive-tree on the edge of the waste land.

And Jesus himself was weeping.

And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.

Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?

And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;

But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

Then they all took heart and did the same.

Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

Now Elisha became ill with the disease which was the cause of his death: and Joash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said, My father, my father, the war-carriages of Israel and its horsemen!

I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.

So King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.

Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers: To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.

If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.

And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;

Go on loving your brothers in the faith.

But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

He is to keep himself from wine and strong drink, and take no mixed wine or strong drink or any drink made from grapes, or any grapes, green or dry.

You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God.

Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;

Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.

I had no pleasing food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, and I put no oil on my body till three full weeks were ended.

For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.

It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.

For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs. 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, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.

And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

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

And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride: