36 Bible Verses about culture

But you continue in [the things] which you have learned and are convinced [of], [because you] know from whom you learned [them],

[thus] making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar [things] such as this."

Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.

"When you come to the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you must not learn to do like the detestable practices of those nations.

Beware lest {anyone take you captive} through philosophy and empty deceit, according to {human tradition}, according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ,

All [the] ends of [the] earth will remember and turn to Yahweh. All [the] families of [the] nations will worship before you.

but they mingled with the nations and learned their works,

And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, [or] free, but Christ [is] all, and in all.

And {you will let go your hand from your inheritance} that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in the land that you do not know, for you kindled a fire in my anger, until eternity it will be kindled."

Abandoning the commandment of God, you hold fast to the tradition of men."

Thus says Yahweh: "You must not learn the way of the nations, and you must not be dismayed by the signs of the heavens, for the nations are dismayed by them.

And he came to Nazareth, where {he had been brought up}, and according to {his custom} he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read.

And you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to their son; and you shall not take his daughter for your son.

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those [who are] far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself."

"Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy [them] but to fulfill [them].

And just as it was in the days of Noah, so also it will be in the days of the Son of Man--

But [if it] produces thorns and thistles, [it is] worthless and near to a curse, whose end [is] for burning.

But I say this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," and "I [am] with Apollos," and "I [am] with Cephas," and "I [am] with Christ."

So I say, "{Oh, that} I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and be at rest.

Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.

The fear of Yahweh [is] hatred of evil, pride, and arrogance and an evil way. And I hate a mouth of perversity.

And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was powerful in his words and deeds.

After these [things] I looked, and behold, a great crowd that no one was able to number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed [in] white robes and [with] palm branches in their hands.

"When brothers dwell together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not become the wife of a {man of another family}; her brother-in-law {shall have sex with her}, and he shall take her {to himself} as wife, and he shall perform his duty as brother-in-law [with respect to] her.

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing [became] white, gleaming like lightning.

Now {when} Daniel realized that the document was signed, he went to his house ({now he had windows in his upper room that were open} toward Jerusalem), and three times {daily} he knelt on his knees and prayed and [gave] praise before his God, {just as} he had been doing {previously}.

what [is] a human being that you think of him? and a child of humankind that you care for him?

And do not call [anyone] your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.

But this crowd who does not know the law is accursed!"

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing [it] to grow.

After these [things] he departed from Athens [and] went to Corinth.

And, I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will not be heard any longer.

for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

His roots twine over a stone heap; he sees a house of stone.