33 Bible Verses about Character

draw nigh unto God, and he draws nigh unto you. Purify your hands, ye sinners; and cleanse your hearts, ye double-minded.

having eyes full of an adulteress, and unable to cease from sin; beguiling unestablished souls: having a heart which has been made fat with covetousness; children of the curse:

A sower went out to sow his seed. And while he was sowing, some fell by the way, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And other fell on the rock; and springing up, withered away, because it had no moisture. And other fell in the midst of thorns, and the thorns growing together, choked it out. read more.
And other fell into good ground, and springing up, produced fruit, a hundredfold. Speaking these things, He cried out, Let the one having ears to hear, hear. And His disciples asked Him saying, What might this parable be? And He said; To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. And this is the parable: The seed is the word of God. And there are those who hear by the wayside; then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest they believing may be saved. And those on the stones are they who, when they may hear, receive the word with joy; and they have no root in them, who believe for a time, and in time of temptation they fall away. And that which falleth among thorns, there are those who hear, and going forward, by the cares and riches and pleasures are choked out, and bring forth no fruit to perfection. And that which is in the good ground, are those whosoever hearing the word in a beautiful and good heart, retain it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

And you will be hated by all on account of my name: but he that persevereth unto the end, the same shall be saved.

And these are they who are sown on good ground; whosoever hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.

Prove your own selves, if you are in the faith; examine yourselves; whether do you not know yourselves, that Christ Jesus is in you? unless indeed you are reprobates.

In the manner in which Jannes and Jambres also resisted Moses, so these indeed resist the truth; men who are corrupt as to their mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

They profess to know God, but deny him by their works, being abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate unto every good work.

For when we also were without understanding, being disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in sin and envy, hateful, hating one another;

Therefore to you who believe he is precious: but to the unbelievers, the stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner, and the stone of stumbling, and the rock of offence,

For men will be lovers of themselves, moneylovers, arrogant, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and the same man was righteous and godly, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him;

without natural affections, covenant breakers, devilish, intemperate, furious, opposed to good, traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

being filled with all injustice, wickedness, vice, covetousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceitfulness, evil affection;

Therefore, as elect of God, holy and beloved, put on affections of mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

And now, behold, I go to Jerusalem bound in spirit, not knowing the things which shall come upon me in it: except that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesses to me, saying that bonds and tribulations await me. But I consider my life worthy of no consideration to myself, so as to finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

These are they who are sidetracking [the people], intellectual, not having the Spirit.

For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted;

For of these are those creeping into houses, and leading captive little, silly women laden with sins, being led by divers lusts,

And the unction which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one may teach you: but as his unction teaches you concerning all things, and it is true, and it is no lie, and as he has taught you, abide in him.

having a form of godliness, but denying the power of the same: and from these turn away.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart;

And you, being at one time aliens and enemies in your minds on account of wicked works, nevertheless he has now reconciled

who being past feeling have given themselves up to debauchery, unto the working of all impurity with greediness.

For your obedience has come abroad unto all men: therefore I rejoice over you, and wish you to be wise in that which is good, and uncompromising towards that which is evil.

As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance:

through the approval of this ministry, glorifying God in the submission of your testimony to the gospel of Christ, and the purity of your fellowship unto them and unto all;

So if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, they have become new.

for we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.

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

And blaspheming, they continued to speak many other things against Him.

And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the darkness which is without: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

all have gone away, they have all together become unprofitable; there is no one who is doing good, there is not one.

in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who believe not, in order that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine on them.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart;

So every good tree produces good fruits; and a corrupt tree produces evil fruits.

that with reference to your former life, you are to lay aside the old man, who is corrupt in the lusts of deception;

without natural affections, covenant breakers, devilish, intemperate, furious, opposed to good,

Blessed are they that mourn: because they shall be comforted.

devout, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying to God always;

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

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye.

For men will be lovers of themselves, moneylovers, arrogant, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

Moreover love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest: because He is good to the ungrateful and wicked.

For when we also were without understanding, being disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in sin and envy, hateful, hating one another;

But to the cowardly, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and the murderers, and the fornicators, and the sorcerers, and the idolaters, and all liars, shall be their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

who, knowing the rightfulness of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but they even delight in those who are doing them.

And you, being at one time aliens and enemies in your minds on account of wicked works, nevertheless he has now reconciled

Therefore the mind of depravity is enmity toward God: for it is not subordinated to the law of God, for it is not able so to be.

being filled with all injustice, wickedness, vice, covetousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceitfulness, evil affection;

and they were persevering in the teaching of the apostles and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

For if I am absent in the flesh, but I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the establishment of your faith toward Christ.

Blessed are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.

But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another with divine love;

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the divine love which you have toward all the saints.

Likewise, you younger men, submit to the elders: and all put on humility toward one another; because God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.

in the fire of flame, dispensing vengeance to those who know not God, and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips.

Blessed are the pure in heart: because they shall see God.

Indeed every one having this hope on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

for the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptations, and to keep the unrighteous unto the day of judgment enduring punishment:

For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and purity of God, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have sojourned in the world, and especially towards you.

For we are not as many, corrupting the word of God: but as of purity, but as from God, we speak in Christ, in the presence of God.

And a certain Ananias, a man godly according to the law, and of good report by all the Jews dwelling there,

And godly men buried Stephen, and made great mourning over him.

When He may put out all his own, 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:

To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear His voice: and he calls His own sheep by name, and leads them out. When He may put out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow Him: because they know his voice:

Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

For many are incorrigible, speaking vain things and egotistical, especially those from the circumcision,

whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord having come will find watching: truly I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and have them sit down, and having come will serve them.

in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

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

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall conquer them, because he is the Lord of lords, and King of kings: and with him are the called, and the elect, and the faithful.

traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

without natural affections, covenant breakers, devilish, intemperate, furious, opposed to good,

But to the cowardly, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and the murderers, and the fornicators, and the sorcerers, and the idolaters, and all liars, shall be their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

covenant-breakers, incontinent, without natural affections, unmerciful,

And with many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying, Be saved from this wicked generation.

For men will be lovers of themselves, moneylovers, arrogant, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

For men will be lovers of themselves, moneylovers, arrogant, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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

through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and true;

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled.

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

And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them through my name whom thou hast given unto me, in order that they may be one, as we are.