26 Bible Verses about Behaviour

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and says concerning him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile.

Alexander the coppersmith showed to me much evil: the Lord will reward him according to his works.

having your deportment beautiful among the Gentiles: in order that in whatsoever they calumniate you as evil doers, seeing from your beautiful works, they may glorify God in the day of his visitation.

You have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not murder; and whosoever may murder shall be in danger of the judgment; but I say unto you that every one being angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever may say to his brother, Thou scoundrel, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever may say, Thou fool, shall be liable unto a hell of fire. Therefore if you may bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,read more.
leave there your gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to your brother, then having come offer your gift.

Therefore no flesh shall be justified by works of law: for through law there is a perfect knowledge of sin.

not from works which are in righteousness, which we did, but according to his own mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewal of the Holy Ghost,

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through the faith of Christ Jesus, and we have believed into Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by faith of Christ, and not by works of law, because by works of law no flesh shall be justified.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, in order that no one may boast:

and may be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith of Christ, the righteousness of God through faith:

But what is it profitable, my brethren, if one may say he has faith, but has not works? whether is faith able to save him? If a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of daily food, and one of you may say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed, and be ye fed; and give them not the necessaries of the body; what profit is it?read more.
So indeed faith, if it may not have works, is dead, as to itself. But one will say, You have faith, and I have works: Show me your faith apart from works, and I will show you my faith by my works. Do you believe that there is one God? you do well: the demons also believe and tremble.

And in harmony with this same thing also, add to your faith heroism; and to heroism, knowledge; and to knowledge holiness; and to holiness patience; and patience, godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness divine love.read more.
For these things, being in you and overflowing, render you neither barren nor unfruitful in the perfect knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; for he unto whom these things are not present is blind, not seeing afar off, having received the forgetfulness of his purgation from his old sins. Therefore, brethren, be the more diligent to make your calling and election sure: for doing these things you can never fall. For in this way an entrance will be administered unto you abundantly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

You shall know them by their fruits. Do the people gather the grape-bunches from thorns, or figs from thistles? So every good tree produces good fruits; and a corrupt tree produces evil fruits. A good tree is not able to produce evil fruits, neither is a corrupt tree able to produce beautiful fruits.read more.
Every tree not producing beautiful fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. Therefore you shall know them perfectly by their fruits.

For there is no beautiful tree producing corrupt fruit, nor corrupt tree producing beautiful fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit: for they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather the grape-bunch from the bramble. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure of his heart brings forth that which is wicked: for out of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaks.

Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and fell against that house; and it did not fall; for it was founded upon the rock.

Every one coming to me, and hearing my words, and doing the same, I will show you to whom he is like. He is like unto a man building a house, who dug and went down deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock: and there being a flood, the river broke against that house, and it was not able to shake it; for it was founded on the rock.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

If you may keep my commandments, abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and I abide in His love.

Let the word of God dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another, in all wisdom, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with grace making melody in your hearts to God;

So you also thus reckon yourselves dead unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that you should obey the lusts of it: neither present your members arms of iniquity unto sin; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members arms of righteousness unto God.read more.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

It could not be so. How shall we, who are dead unto sin, live any longer in it?

And I say, Walk about in the Spirit, and do not perfect the lust of carnality.

that with reference to your former life, you are to lay aside the old man, who is corrupt in the lusts of deception; and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and to put on the new man, who has been created in harmony with God in the righteousness and holiness of the truth.

If then ye are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting on the right hand of God;

for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness; then therefore let us not sleep like the rest, but watch and be sober. For those sleeping, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, get drunk in the night:read more.
but let us, who are of the day, be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and divine love; and the helmet, the hope of salvation: