28 Bible Verses about piety

in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

and to knowledge, self-control, and to self-control, perseverance, and to perseverance, godliness,

and to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, love.

holding a form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid such people.

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his godly fear.

Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself in godliness.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice their religion in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

These indeed have an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but they are of no value against fleshly indulgence.

for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

But godliness with contentment is itself great gain.

a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave alms generously to the people and prayed to God continually.

And when Peter saw this he addressed the people, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

"Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Let no one disqualify you for the prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind,

"And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

For bodily training is of some value, but godliness is of value in all things, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

"A certain Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or quarreling.

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: he was revealed in the flesh, was vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who would enter to go in.

and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a means of gain.

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess godliness.