33 Bible Verses about Character

Approach God, and he will approach you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Make your hearts pure, you doubters!

They have eyes for nobody but adulterous women??yes insatiable in sin. They lure unsteadfast souls. Their hearts are trained in greed. They are accursed!

"A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and was trodden on, and the wild birds ate it up. And some of it fell upon the rock, and when it sprang up it withered, because it had no moisture. And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. read more.
And some fell on good soil, and grew up and yielded a hundred fold!" As he said this he called out, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!" His disciples asked him what this figure meant. And he said, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God, but they are given to others in the form of figures, so that they may look and yet not see, and hear and yet not understand. This is what the figure means. The seed is God's message. The ones by the path are those who hear, and then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved. The ones on the rock are those who receive the message joyfully when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for a little while, and then in the time of trial they draw back. And what falls among the thorns means those who listen and pass on, and the worries and wealth and pleasures of life stifle them and they yield nothing. But the seed in the good soil means those who listen to the message and keep it in good, true hearts, and yield unfailingly.

You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.

And the ones sown in good ground are the people who listen to the message and welcome it and yield thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold.

It is yourselves you must test, to see whether you are holding to the faith. It is yourselves you must examine. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you fail to stand the test!

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these people in turn oppose the truth; they are men of depraved minds and counterfeit faith.

They profess to know God, but they disown him by what they do; they are detestable, disobedient men, worthless for any good purpose.

For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.

It is you, therefore, who believe who see its value, but for men who do not believe, "The stone which the builders refused has been made a cornerstone,"

People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Symeon, an upright, devout man, who was living in expectation of the comforting of Israel, and under the influence of the holy Spirit.

unfeeling, irreconcilable, slanderous, with no self-control, brutal, with no love for what is good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, caring more for pleasure than for God,

They revel in every kind of wrongdoing, wickedness, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and ill-nature.

As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance.

I am here now on my way to Jerusalem, for the Spirit compels me to go there, though I do not know what will happen to me there, except that in every town I visit, the holy Spirit warns me that imprisonment and persecution are awaiting me. But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus." So as he would not yield, we gave up urging him, and said, "The Lord's will be done!"

They are doomed to destruction: their appetites are their god; they glory in their shame; they are absorbed in earthly matters.

These are the men who create division; they are animal and devoid of the Spirit.

For everyone who does wrong hates the light and will not come to it, for fear his actions will be exposed.

They are the kind of men who make their way into people's houses and make captives of poor, weak women, loaded down with their sins and under the control of all sorts of impulses,

You still retain in your hearts the anointing with the Spirit that you received from him, and you do not need to have anyone teach you. But just as that anointing of his teaches you about everything, and as it is true and no falsehood, keep in union with him just as it has taught you to do.

keeping up the forms of religion, but resisting its influence. Avoid such people.

They are estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and their obstinacy of heart,

And it has brought you, who were once estranged from him, hostile in attitude and engaged in doing wrong (though now he has reconciled you

for they have become callous, and abandoned themselves to sensuality, greedily practicing every kind of vice.

Everyone has heard of your obedience, and I am very happy about you, but I want you to be wise about what is good and guileless about what is bad.

Like obedient children, do not adapt yourselves to the cravings you used to follow when you were ignorant,

The way you stand the test of this service must do honor to God, through your fidelity to what you profess as to the good news of Christ, and through the liberality of your contributions for them and for all others;

So if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being; the old state of things has passed away; there is a new state of things.

For he has made us, creating us through our union with Christ Jesus for the life of goodness which God had predestined us to live.

and they were dreadfully scorched, but they reviled the name of God who had control of these plagues, and would not repent and give him glory.

And they said many other abusive things to him.

And put the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness outside, to weep and grind his teeth there.'

All have turned away, they are one and all worthless, No one does right, not a single one!

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.

They are estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and their obstinacy of heart,

Just so any sound tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.

You must lay aside with your former habits your old self which is going to ruin through its deceptive passions.

unfeeling, irreconcilable, slanderous, with no self-control, brutal, with no love for what is good,

"Blessed are the humble-minded, for they will possess the land!

He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God.

They were both upright in the sight of God, blamelessly observing all the Lord's commands and requirements.

You stubborn people, with heathen hearts and ears, you are always opposing the holy Spirit, just as your forefathers did!

People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,

But love your enemies, and help them and lend to them, never despairing, and you will be richly rewarded, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked.

For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.

But the cowardly, unfaithful, and polluted??urderers, immoral people, those who practice magic or idolatry, and all liars will find themselves in the burning lake of fire and brimstone. This is the second death."

They know God's decree that those who act in this way deserve to die, yet they not only do it, but applaud any who do.

And it has brought you, who were once estranged from him, hostile in attitude and engaged in doing wrong (though now he has reconciled you

For to be physically minded means hostility to God, for it refuses to obey God's law, indeed it cannot obey it.

They revel in every kind of wrongdoing, wickedness, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and ill-nature.

And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.

For though I am absent from you in person I am with you in spirit, and I am glad to observe your harmony and the solidity of your faith in Christ.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy!

You do not need to have anyone write to you about brotherly love, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another,

for what we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you have for all God's people,

You younger men must show deference to the elders. And you must all clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud, but shows mercy to the humble.

in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

Their throats are like open graves, They use their tongues to deceive; The venom of asps is behind their lips,

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God!

And everyone who possesses this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as he is.

For my boast is what my conscience tells me, that my relations to the world and still more to you have been marked by pure motives and godly sincerity, not by worldly shrewdness but by the favor of God.

For I am no peddler of God's message, like most men, but like a man of sincerity, commissioned by God and in his presence, in union with Christ I utter his message.

There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the Law, highly respected by all the Jews who lived there,

Some pious men buried Stephen and loudly lamented him.

When he gets his own flock all out, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me,

The watchman opens the door to him, and the sheep obey his voice, and he calls to his own sheep and leads them out. When he gets his own flock all out, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written!"

For there are many undisciplined people, who deceive themselves with their empty talk, especially those of the party of circumcision.

They are doomed to destruction: their appetites are their god; they glory in their shame; they are absorbed in earthly matters.

Blessed are the slaves whom their master will find on the watch when he comes. I tell you, he will gird up his robe and make them take their places at table, and go around and wait on them.

so that you will be blameless and honest, faultless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted age, in which you appear like stars in a dark world,

He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right.

They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb with his elect, chosen, and faithful followers with him will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings.

treacherous, reckless, conceited, caring more for pleasure than for God,

unfeeling, irreconcilable, slanderous, with no self-control, brutal, with no love for what is good,

But the cowardly, unfaithful, and polluted??urderers, immoral people, those who practice magic or idolatry, and all liars will find themselves in the burning lake of fire and brimstone. This is the second death."

conscienceless, treacherous, unloving, and unpitying.

He said much more besides in giving his testimony, and urged them to save themselves from that crooked age.

People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,

treacherous, reckless, conceited, caring more for pleasure than for God,

People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,

For all who are guided by God's Spirit are God's sons.

in honor or dishonor, in praise or blame; considered an imposter, when I am true,

"Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for uprightness, for they will be satisfied!

"Blessed are those who feel their spiritual need, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!

Now I am to be no longer in this world, but they are to remain in the world, while I return to you. Holy Father, keep them by your power which you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are.