Titus 2:12
It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Romans 6:19
(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
2 Timothy 3:12
Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Psalm 4:3
Realize that the Lord shows the godly special favor; the Lord responds when I cry out to him.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
Ezekiel 33:14-15
Suppose I say to the wicked, 'You must certainly die,' but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.
Ezekiel 36:27
I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations.
Matthew 3:8-10
Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 1:75
in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.
Matthew 5:19-20
So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 28:20
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
Luke 1:6
They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
Luke 3:9-13
Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."
John 6:25
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
John 14:30
I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,
John 17:14-15
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
Acts 24:16
This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
Acts 24:25
While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you."
Romans 6:4-6
Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.
Romans 6:12
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,
Romans 8:13
(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
Romans 13:12-13
The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God -- not by human wisdom but by the grace of God -- we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
Galatians 1:4
who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,
Galatians 5:24
Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.
Ephesians 2:2
in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,
Ephesians 4:22-25
You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
Colossians 1:22
but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him --
Colossians 3:5-9
So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.
Titus 3:3
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
Hebrews 8:11
"And there will be no need at all for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, 'Know the Lord,' since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest.
James 4:8-10
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
1 Peter 1:14-18
Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
1 Peter 2:11-12
Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
1 Peter 4:2-5
in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.
2 Peter 1:4-8
Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.
2 Peter 2:9
-- if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
2 Peter 2:20-22
For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.
2 Peter 3:11
Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,
1 John 2:6
The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
1 John 2:27
Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.
1 John 5:19
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
Jude 1:18
For they said to you, "In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires."
Revelation 14:12
This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints -- those who obey God's commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.
Psalm 105:45
so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!
Ezekiel 18:30-31
"Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.