38 Bible Verses about Character

Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded.

having eyes full of adultery, and unceasing sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse,

The man who sows went forth to sow his seed. And during his sowing, some fell by the way, and it was trampled, and the birds of the sky devoured it. And another fell on the rock, and having grown, it withered away because of not having moisture. And another fell amidst the thorns, and having grown together, the thorns choked it. read more.
And another fell on the good ground, and having grown it produced fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples questioned him, saying, What is this parable? And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the others in parables, so that seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand. Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God. And those by the way are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they would be saved. And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial. And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity. But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.

Why do thou gad about so much to change thy way? Thou shall be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou were ashamed of Assyria.

O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goes away early.

And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

And these are those that were sown upon the good ground, who hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

My heart is fixed, O God, I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings. His heart is fixed, trusting in LORD.

But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

And yet they did not hearken to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of LORD.

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made for them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of th

But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them. They did not cease from their doings, nor from their

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong three years. For they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or know ye not yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless ye are test-failing something.

And by which way Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also do these oppose the truth. Men corrupted in mind, worthless about the faith.

They profess to know God, but in their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and worthless for every good work.

For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and killed thy prophets who testified against them to turn them again to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

To you therefore who believe is the preciousness, but for men who disobey, A stone that the builders rejected, this became the head of the corner,

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious,

The pride of thy heart has deceived thee, O thou who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

[for] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips. Let them even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which they speak.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright in him. (But the righteous man shall live by his faith.

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

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? Will ye rebel against the king?

And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rub

devoid of natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, no lovers of good, traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

No man sues in righteousness, and no man pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart, and did not hearken to them, as LORD had spoken.

And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.

And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled. And the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man.

They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;

Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,

For thou are a holy people to LORD thy God. LORD thy God has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

For thou are a holy people to LORD thy God, and LORD has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

And now behold, I, bound in the spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me in it, except that the Holy Spirit testifies from city to city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good-news of the grace of God.

And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. And since he was not persuaded, we were quiet, having said, May the will of the Lord happen.

and all of them together conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in [one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

Those also who seek after my life lay snares [for me]. And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee because thou have sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of LORD.

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of LORD to provoke him to anger.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and the glory in their shame, who mind earthly things.

These are those who make divisions, world-soul men, not having Spirit.

These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.

For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.

for from these are those who creep into houses, and take captive petty women laden with sins, being led away by various impulses,

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit. read more.
We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with spoil. Thou shall cast thy lot among us. We will all have one bag.

And for you, the anointing that ye received from him abides in you, and ye have no need that any man teach you, but as the same anointing teaches you about all things, and is TRUE and is no lie, and just as it taught you, ye will a

And all thy sons shall be taught of LORD, and great shall be the peace of thy sons.

having a form of piety, but repudiating the power of it. Now turn away from these men,

And LORD said, Inasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, {but in vain they worship me (LXX/NT)}, {teaching the commandments and doctrines of men

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon God?

Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.

For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and smote him. I hid [my face] and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked, but as for a pure man, his work is right.

When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes.

We have been with child. We have been in pain. We have as it were brought forth wind. We have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their heart.

And you, being formerly alienated and hostile in mind, in works, in things evil. But now he has reconciled

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then ye also may do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

Who, having become callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness for the work of all uncleanness in greed.

For we have all become as unclean, and all our righteous acts are as a polluted garment. And we all fade as a leaf. And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

For your obedience reached to all men. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be indeed wise in the good and pure in the evil.

As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

But a noble man devises noble things, and in noble things he shall continue.

through the evidence of this service, glorifying God at the subjection of your confession toward the good-news of the Christ, and at the generosity of the participation, for them and for all,

So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God preordained that we should walk in them.

And the men were scorched with great heat. And the men blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory.

And they spoke many other things against him, railing against him.

And cast ye the unprofitable bondman into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

All turned away. Together they became useless. There is not a man who does goodness; there is not as much as one.

in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, in order for the light of the good-news of the glory of the Christ (who is a likeness of God) not to shine forth to them.

darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their heart.

Likewise every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces bad fruits.

for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,

devoid of natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, no lovers of good,

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth.

The meek also shall increase their joy in LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

a devout man, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many charities for the people, and beseeching God always.

Then those who feared LORD spoke one with another, and LORD hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for those who feared LORD, and who thought upon his name.

Thy people also shall all be righteous. They shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

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

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers, ye also.

And LORD said to Moses, Say to the sons of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people. If I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee. Therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do to t

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious,

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.

For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.

And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there came a man to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel.

A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

Who, knowing the righteousness of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also favor those who do.

And you, being formerly alienated and hostile in mind, in works, in things evil. But now he has reconciled

Because the mentality of the flesh is enmity against God, for it is not submissive to the law of God, for neither is it able.

For they persecute him whom thou have smitten, and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou have wounded.

because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart, to kill.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;

And they covet fields, and seize them, and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles doctrine, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and the prayers.

For even though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your orderliness, and the steadfastness of your faith for Christ.

Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy.

All the day long he deals graciously, and lends, and his seed is blessed.

And Solomon said, Thou have shown to thy servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee. And thou have kept for him this great

He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart,

But about brotherly love ye have no need to write to you, for ye yourselves are taught by God in order to love each other.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love toward all the sanctified,

My soul shall make her boast in LORD. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.

Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.

Do ye thus requite LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father who has bought thee? He has made thee, and established thee.

The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight. Thou hate all workers of iniquity.

in a fire of flame rendering vengeance to those who have not known God, and to those not obeying the good-news of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hear the word of LORD, ye sons of Israel, for LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Thou will destroy those who speak lies. LORD abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips,

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o

For all these things my hand has made, and all these things came to be, says LORD. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

Blessed are the pure in heart, because they will see God.

And every man who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as that man is pure.

the Lord knows how to rescue the pious out of temptation, and to hold in reserve unrighteous men being cut off for a day of judgment.

But know that LORD has set apart for himself him who is holy. LORD will hear when I call to him.

A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.

A [good] name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, than the day of birth.

For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for LORD has spoken. I have nourished and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against me.

For it is a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who will not hear the law of LORD,

For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, [yea], despises LORD.

Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,

The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report by all the Jews who dwell there,

And devout men arranged to bury Stephen, and they made great lamentation over him.

And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and dislikes her, and charges her with shameful things, and brings up an evil name upon her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I did not find in her the tokens of virginity, then the father of the damsel, and her mother, shall take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate. read more.
And the damsel's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he dislikes her. And, lo, he has charged her with shameful things, saying, I did not find in thy daughter the tokens of virginity, and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the c And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him, and they shall fine him a hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the damsel, because he has brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel, and she shall be his wife. He may not put her away all his days.

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods. And his heart was not perfect with LORD his God as was the heart of David his father. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and went not fully after LORD as did David his father. read more.
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab on the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon. And so he did for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.

And it came to pass, after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lay with me. But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand. He is not greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? read more.
And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not hearken to her, to lay by her, [or] to be with her. And it came to pass, about this time, that he went into the house to do his work, and there was none of the men of the house there inside. And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lay with me. And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got out.

The gatekeeper opens to this man. And the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

Reuben, thou are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. Boiling over as water, thou shall not have the pre-eminence, because thou went up to thy father's bed, then thou defiled it; he went up to my couch.

Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

And there ye shall remember your ways, and all your doings, by which ye have polluted yourselves. And ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

For there are also many insubordinate men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those from circumcision,

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not. They tore me, and ceased not.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and the glory in their shame, who mind earthly things.

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the sons of Ammon, and Moab, and all who have the corners [of their hair] cut off, who dwell in the wilderness. For all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in

So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.

A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

Blessed are those who are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of LORD.

Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a special people, a zealot of good works.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says about him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit.

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those with him are the called and chosen and faithful.

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

And the sons are impudent and stiff hearted. I send thee to them, and thou shall say to them, Thus says lord LORD.

But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee, for they will not hearken to me. For all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and of a stiff heart.

devoid of natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, no lovers of good,

But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

without understanding, untrustworthy, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.

A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.

And with many more other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this crooked generation.

They have dealt corruptly with him. [They are] not his sons, [it is] their blemish, a perverse and crooked generation.

And the sons are impudent and stiff hearted. I send thee to them, and thou shall say to them, Thus says lord LORD.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious,

traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious,

Do ye thus requite LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father who has bought thee? He has made thee, and established thee.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

through glory and disrepute, through slander and commendation; as deceitful, and yet true;

A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

The show of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have done evil to themselves.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name that thou have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we.

But thou are holy, O thou who inhabit the praises of Israel.