27 Bible Verses about Social duties

And if your brother has become poor, and his hand has failed with you, then you shall help him; yes, even if he is a stranger or a tenant, so that he may live with you.

If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers inside any of your gates in your land which Jehovah your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother.

She stretches out her hand to the poor; yea, she reaches forth her hands to the needy.

Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven.

Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, follow Me.

When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any duty. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife whom he has taken.

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

And Adam 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 to his wife and they shall be one flesh.

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

Look on life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. For that is your share in this life, and in your labor which you labor under the sun.

You shall not pervert the rightful judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing to pledge.

So says Jehovah, Do judgment and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the oppressors's hand. And do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

And the Levite, because he has no part nor inheritance with you, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are inside your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied, so that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

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

You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

Like the loving deer and pleasant doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times, and be ravished always with her love.

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

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she rose in grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins. And he set the royal crown on 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 also went in to Rachel. He also loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him still seven more years.

And you shall not commit adultery.

But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

These are those who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, as a firstfruit to God and to the Lamb.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification, for you to abstain from fornication,

I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?

Then when they broke fast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

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

Only take heed to yourself and keep your soul carefully, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. But teach them to your sons, and your sons' sons.

And you shall carefully teach them to your sons, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

And you shall teach them to your sons, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat 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 empire (for it is great), all the wives shall give their husbands honor, both the great and small.

And to the married I command (not I, but the Lord), a woman not to be separated from her husband.

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you; and put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is enough for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the Judgment to come, Felix trembled and answered, Go for this time, but taking time later, I will call for you.

And everyone who strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Then those truly that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

She opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

And now do not fear. I will nourish you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke to their hearts.

The Lord Jehovah has given Me the tongue of the learned, to know to help the weary with a word. He wakens morning by morning, He wakens the ear to hear as the learned.

In being slow to anger a ruler is won over, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.

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

You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure you shall have, so that your days may be lengthened in the land which Jehovah your God gives you.

Repay no one evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves another has fulfilled the Law.

I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you guard these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. You shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

You shall not respect persons in judgment. You shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

These are murmurers, complainers, leading lives according to their lusts. And their mouth speaks proud things, admiring faces for the sake of gain.

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

Therefore stand, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness

Therefore putting away lying, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

These are the things that you shall do. Each man speak the truth to his neighbor. Judge with truth and justice for peace in your gates.

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity nor speak lies, and a deceitful tongue shall not be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

The lips of truth shall be established forever, but only while I wink is a lying tongue.

False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.

Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?

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

A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.

You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.

If you see the ass of him who hates you lying under his burden, and would hold back from helping him, you shall surely help him.

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

See that none gives evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue the good, both towards one another and towards all.

Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. And by it he, being dead, yet speaks.

My brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering ill, and of patience.

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

For you were not called to this? For Christ also suffered on our behalf, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps,

(not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example to you, to imitate us).

And he said to his men, Far be it from me, by Jehovah, if I will do this thing to my lord, Jehovah's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, since he is the anointed of Jehovah.

Likewise, indeed, also these dreaming ones even defile flesh, and despise rulership, and speak evil of glories.

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

Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but of God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God.

You shall not revile God, nor curse the ruler of your people.

in brotherly love to one another, loving fervently, having led one another in honor.

so that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender feelings of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

Charity has patience, is kind; charity is not envious, is not vain, is not puffed up;

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

Masters, give to your slaves what is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in Heaven.

Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Jehovah your God gives you.

So says Jehovah, Keep judgment and do justice; for My salvation is near to come, and My righteousness to be revealed.

To do justice and judgment is more pleasing to Jehovah than sacrifice.

If you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you,

If I rejoiced at the ruin of my hater, and I was excited when evil found him;

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

And Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had met together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

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

Jesus wept.

And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary in order to comfort them concerning their brother.

Did I not weep for him whose day was hard; and my soul grieved for the poor?

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to share, to be generous,

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

I have shown you all things, that working in this way we 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.

distributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

So then as we have time, let us work good toward all, especially toward those of the household of faith.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for yielding quiets great sinners.

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

if anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having believing children, not accused of loose behavior, or disobedient.

If it is possible, as far as is in you, being in peace with all men.

Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord;

If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is vain.

For he that wants to love life and to see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.

He who keeps his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide, it is ruin to him.

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.

But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely lend him enough for his need, that which he lacks.

All the day long he deals graciously, and lends; and his seed is blessed.

A good man shows favor, and lends; he will guide his business with fairness.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

I have spoken these things to you so that you might have peace in Me. In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.

A merry heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

Therefore, men, be of good cheer, for I believe God, that it will be so, according to the way it was told me.

And all becoming cheered, they also took food.

Is any sick among you? 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.

And Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had met together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

And Elisha had fallen sick with his illness in which he died. And Jehoash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over his face. And he said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of it!

I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.

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

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

Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your soul on making him die.

Do not withhold correction from a boy, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him early.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and dared not show you my opinion.

Listen to your father who sired you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.

Do not sharply rebuke an elder, but exhort as a father, and the younger ones as brothers, older women as mothers, the younger as sisters in all purity.

A king who truly judges the weak, his throne shall be established forever.

Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Was this not to know Me? says Jehovah.

And you shall carefully teach them to your sons, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah our God has commanded you?

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

And finally, all be of one mind, having compassion on one another, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly.

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

And on the next day we were landed at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul courteously and gave him liberty to go to his friends to receive care.

In the quarters about that place were lands to the chief of the island, whose name was Publius. Welcoming us, he lodged us courteously three days.

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

The living, the living, he shall praise You, as I do this day; the father shall make Your truth known to the sons.

Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.

And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we also toward you,

Let brotherly love continue.

If you fulfill the royal Law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender feelings of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

Bear one another's burdens, and so you will fulfill the Law of Christ.

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

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

You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am Jehovah your God.

And now, please take heed, and do not drink wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing.

Blessed are the peacemakers! For they shall be called the sons of God.

Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to counselors of peace there is joy.

So then let us pursue the things of peace, and the things for building up one another.

And also wine indeed betrays a proud man, and he is not content. He widens his soul like Sheol, and he is like death, and is not satisfied, but gathers all nations to himself, and heaps to himself all the peoples.

to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, that the Word of God may not be blasphemed.

Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you and hate you.

But Daniel laid on his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank. So he asked permission of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

I ate no food for delight, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

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

Sell what you have and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which do not become old, an unfailing treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes nor moth corrupts.

Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.

He answered and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. And he who has food, let him do likewise.

You shall not defraud your neighbor nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not stay with you until the morning.

At his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it. For he is poor and sets his heart on it; lest he cry against you to Jehovah, and it shall be sin to you.

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak.

Therefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no flesh forever, that I do not offend my brother.

And fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they be discouraged.

And many of the women were there, watching from a distance, those who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, watching from a distance; among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

But late in the week, at the dawning into the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him. For he loved him as he loved his own soul.

And Ittai answered the king and said, As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will your servant be.

ruling his own house well, having children in subjection with all honor.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and households well.

And David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him. For who can stretch forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed and be guiltless?

And David said, What do I have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be my foes today? Shall there be any man put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that I am king over Israel today?

Purifying your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, love one another fervently out of a pure heart,

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

Let love be without hypocrisy, shrinking from evil, cleaving to good;

For: "Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; do not lust;" and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

I have shown you all things, that working in this way we 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 rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;

For you both sympathized with my bonds and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that you have in Heaven a better and an enduring substance.

And the foreigners showed us not the common kindness. For they kindled a fire and welcomed all of us, because of the rain coming on, and because of the cold.

And finally, all be of one mind, having compassion on one another, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly.