18 Bible Verses about Social duties

"But beware of doing your good actions in the sight of men, in order to attract their gaze; if you do, there is no reward for you with your Father who is in Heaven.

"If you desire to be perfect," replied Jesus, "go and sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and come, follow me."

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.

But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and cherishes lustful thoughts has already in his heart become guilty with regard to her.

These are those who had not defiled themselves with women: they are as pure as virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men, as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you abstain from fornication;

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Master," was his answer; "you know that you are dear to me." "Then feed my lambs," replied Jesus.

They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,

But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband;

Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;

But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you."

But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.

Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.

Owe nothing to any one except mutual love; for he who loves his fellow man has satisfied the demands of Law.

I solemnly call upon you, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, to carry out these instructions of mine without prejudice, and to do nothing from partiality.

These men are murmurers, ever bemoaning their lot. Their lives are guided by their evil passions, and their mouths are full of big, boastful words, while they treat individual men with admiring reverence for the sake of the advantage they can gain.

Stand therefore, first fastening round you the girdle of truth and putting on the breastplate of uprightness

For this reason, laying aside falsehood, every one of you should speak the truth to his fellow man; for we are, as it were, parts of one another.

Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

See to it that no one ever repays another with evil for evil; but always seek opportunities of doing good both to one another and to all the world.

On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.

Through faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain did, and through this faith he obtained testimony that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it, though he is dead, he still speaks.

In illustration, brethren, of persecution patiently endured take the Prophets who have spoken as messengers from the Lord.

For I have set you an example in order that you may do what I have done to you.

And it is to this you were called; because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an example so that you should follow in His steps.

This was not because we had not a claim upon you, but it arose from a desire to set you an example--for you to imitate us.

Yet in just the same way these dreamers also pollute the body, while they set authority at naught and speak evil of dignities.

Honour every one. Love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the Emperor.

Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.

As for brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in matters of worldly honour, yield to one another.

The sorrow comes in order that the testing of your faith--being more precious than that of gold, which perishes and yet is proved by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.

Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.

On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.

Masters, deal justly and equitably with your slaves, knowing that you too have a Master in Heaven.

On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.

But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors;

Jesus wept.

and a considerable number of the Jews were with Martha and Mary, having come to express sympathy with them on the death of their brother.

They must be beneficent, rich in noble deeds, open-handed and liberal;

And do not forget to be kind and liberal; for with sacrifices of that sort God is greatly pleased.

In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Relieve the necessities of God's people; always practise hospitality.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us labour for the good of all, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.

The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceful, courteous, not self-willed, full of compassion and kind actions, free from favouritism and from all insincerity.

wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.

If you can, so far as it depends on you, live at peace with all the world.

but may rather be restored. Persistently strive for peace with all men, and for that growth in holiness apart from which no one will see the Lord.

If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.

For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;

To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away.

Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

"I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: *I* have won the victory over the world."

"Therefore, Sirs, take courage; for I believe God, and am convinced that things will happen exactly as I have been told.

This raised the spirits of all, and they too took food.

Is any one ill? Let him send for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

Never administer a sharp reprimand to a man older than yourself; but entreat him as if he were your father, and the younger men as brothers; the elder women too as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with perfect modesty.

In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded,

Let your language be always seasoned with the salt of grace, so that you may know how to give every man a fitting answer.

The next day we put in at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul with thoughtful kindness and allowed him to visit his friends and profit by their generous care.

Now in the same part of the island there were estates belonging to the Governor, whose name was Publius. He welcomed us to his house, and for three days generously made us his guests.

and as for you, may the Lord teach you to love one another and all men, with a growing and a glowing love, resembling our love for you.

Let brotherly love always continue.

If, however, you are keeping the Law as supreme, in obedience to the Commandment which says "You are to love your fellow man just as you love yourself," you are acting rightly.

Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.

As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be recognized as sons of God.

Therefore let us aim at whatever makes for peace and mutual upbuilding of character.

industrious in their homes, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the Christian teaching may not be exposed to reproach.

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

Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses that will never wear out, a treasure inexhaustible in Heaven, where no thief can come nor moth consume.

To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away.

"Let the man who has two coats," he answered, "give one to the man who has none; and let the man who has food share it with others."

The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.

Therefore if what I eat causes my brother to fall, never again to the end of my days will I touch any kind of animal food, for fear I should cause my brother to fall.

And you, fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up tenderly with true Christian training and advice.

Fathers, do not fret and harass your children, or you may make them sullen and morose.

And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities; among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi.

After the Sabbath, in the early dawn of the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre.

but ruling his own household wisely and well, with children kept under control with true dignity.

A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.

Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently.

Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.

Let your love be perfectly sincere. Regard with horror what is evil; cling to what is right.

For the precepts, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," "Thou shalt do no murder," "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not covet," and all other precepts, are summed up in this one command, "Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thou lovest thyself."

In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

For you not only showed sympathy with those who were imprisoned, but you even submitted with joy when your property was taken from you, being well aware that you have in your own selves a more valuable possession and one which will remain.

The strange-speaking natives showed us remarkable kindness, for they lighted a fire and made us all welcome because of the pelting rain and the cold.

In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded,

The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.

See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, but parents for their children.

But He turned and rebuked them.

When however they persisted with their question, He raised His head and said to them, "Let the sinless man among you be the first to throw a stone at her."

This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards.