26 Bible Verses about Behaviour

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

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and He saith to him, "Behold, an Israelite, indeed, in whom there is no guile!"

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

having your conduct seemly among the gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may, from your good works which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

"Ye heard that it was said to the ancients, 'You shall not kill; and whosoever kills shall be in danger of the judgment.' But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever says to his brother Raca shall be in danger of the high-council; and whosoever shall say, O foolish one! shall be in danger of the Hell of fire. If, therefore, you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has ought against you,read more.
leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way, first be reconciled to your brother, and then, coming, offer your gift.

because, by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the law is the knowledge of sin.

not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to His mercy, He saved us through a washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit;

We who are by nature Jews, and not sinners from among the gentiles, yet knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of law; because by works of law no flesh shall be justified.

For by grace ye have been saved through faith: and this, not of yourselves, it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any one should boast;

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith in Christ??he righteousness which is of God by faith:

What profit is it, my brethren, if anyone says he has faith, but has not works; can such faith save him? If a brother or a sister be naked, and in want of daily food, and one of you say to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what does it profit?read more.
Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself. But some one will say, "You have faith, and I have works": show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder!

and, even for this very reason, adding all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in virtue, knowledge; and in knowledge, continence; and in continence, patience; and in patience, godliness; and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.read more.
For these things, belonging to you and abounding, make you neither idle nor unfruitful regarding the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; for he to whom these things are lacking is blind, seeing dimly, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for, if ye do these things, ye shall in nowise ever stumble; for thus shall there be richly supplied to you the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

From their fruits ye shall recognize them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the worthless tree bears evil fruit. A good tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit.read more.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. So then, from their fruits ye shall know them.

"For there is no good tree that bears corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bears good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit; for they do not gather figs of thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and the evil, out of the evil treasure brings forth that which is evil; for out of the abundance of the heart does his mouth speak.

"Every one, therefore, who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who, indeed, built his house upon the rock; and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

"Every one who comes to Me, and hears My words, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and, a flood coming, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it; because it was well built.

"If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments;

If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.

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

Even so reckon ye also yourselves dead, indeed, to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey its desires; neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.read more.
For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under law, but under grace.

It could not be! How shall we, who died to sin, live any longer therein?

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desire of the flesh.

that ye put off, as to your former manner of life, the old man, who is corrupt according to the desires of deceit; and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, who after God was created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

If, therefore, ye were raised up with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

for ye are all sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness. So, then, let us not sleep as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunken are drunken at night.read more.
But let us, being of the day, be sober, having put on a breast-plate of faith and love; and, as a helmet, a hope of salvation;