33 Bible Verses about Character

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Get your hands clean, you sinners. Get your hearts purified, you double-minded.

They have eyes full of adultery and insatiable by sin. They practice enticing unsteady souls. They have trained their hearts in greed. They are doomed to a curse!

"A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and were trodden down, and the wild birds ate them up. Another portion of them fell upon the rock, and as soon as they sprang up, they withered, because they had no moisture. Still another portion fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with them and choked them out. read more.
And another portion fell in rich soil and grew and yielded a crop of a hundredfold." As He said this, He exclaimed, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!" His disciples were asking Him what this story meant. So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand. This is what the story means: The seed is God's message. Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved. The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away. And the portion of them falling among the thorns illustrates those who hear it, but as soon as they pass on they are choked out by the worries and wealth and pleasures of life, and thus yield no mature fruit. But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.

And you will be hated by all men, because you bear my name, but whoever bears up to the end will be saved.

And the people sown in rich soil are the people who listen to the message and welcome it and yield thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold."

You yourselves must continue testing yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. You must continue standing the test. Do you not know by a growing experience that Jesus Christ is in you? -- provided you stand the test.

Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, these people resist the truth, for they are depraved in mind and so counterfeits in the faith.

They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown Him; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for anything good.

For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.

So to you who put your trust in Him the honor belongs, but to those who fail to trust Him: "That stone which then the builders threw away Has now become the cornerstone,"

For people will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreverent,

Now there was in Jerusalem a man named Symeon, an upright, devout man; he was expecting to see the consolation of Israel, and he was under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

lacking in love for kinsmen, irreconcilable, slanderers, having no self-control, savage, lacking in love for the good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure more than God,

because they overflow with every sort of evil-doing, wickedness, greed, and malice; they are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, ill-will;

So as God's own chosen people, consecrated and dearly loved, you must once for all clothe yourselves with tenderheartedness, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience; you must keep on

And I am here now on my way to Jerusalem, because I am impelled by the Spirit to do so, though I am not aware what will befall me there, except that in town after town the Holy Spirit emphatically assures me that imprisonment and sufferings are awaiting me. But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.

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

Their doom is destruction, their stomach is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are feeding on earthly things,

These are men who cause divisions; mere animals, destitute of any spiritual nature,

For anyone who is in the habit of doing wrong hates the light, and to keep his actions from being reproved, he does not come out into the daylight.

For some of them practice going into people's houses and capturing weak and silly women who are overwhelmed with the weight of their sins, who are easily led about by all sorts of evil impulses,

The anointing of the Spirit which you received still remains in your hearts, and so you have no need that anyone should teach you. But just as that anointing of His teaches you about everything, and as it is true and no falsehood, and as it has taught you to do so, you must continue to live in union with Him.

keeping up the forms of religion but not giving expression to its power. Avoid such people.

with darkened understanding, estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and because of the stubbornness of their hearts;

So you, who were once estranged from Him, and hostile in disposition as shown by your wrongdoings, He has now reconciled

for in their recklessness they have abandoned themselves to sensuality which leads to excessive practices of all sorts of immorality.

Yes, your obedience has been told to everybody; so I am delighted about you, but I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is bad.

As obedient children, stop molding your character by the evil desires you used to cherish when you did not know any better,

For through the test you get by doing this service you will continue praising God for your fidelity to your confession of the good news of Christ, and for the liberality of your contributions to them and all others;

For if anybody is in union with Christ, he is the work of a new creation; the old condition has passed away, a new condition has come.

For He has made us what we are, because He has created us through our union with Christ Jesus for doing good deeds which He beforehand planned for us to do.

so that men were severely scorched, but they only cursed the name of God who had authority over these plagues, and would not repent and give Him glory.

And they continued to say many other abusive things to Him.

And throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'

They all have turned aside, all have become corrupt; No one does good, not even one!

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

with darkened understanding, estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and because of the stubbornness of their hearts;

So any healthy tree bears good fruit and a sickly tree bears poor fruit.

to lay aside, with your former way of living, your old self which is on the way to destruction in accordance with its deceptive impulses;

lacking in love for kinsmen, irreconcilable, slanderers, having no self-control, savage, lacking in love for the good,

"Blessed are the lowly in mind, for they will possess the land.

a religious man, too, who revered God with all his household, who was always liberal in his many deeds of charity to the people, and who had the habit of praying to God.

Now they were both upright in the sight of God, walking without reproach in all the Lord's commands and requirements.

"You people, stubborn in will, heathenish in hearts and ears, you are always resisting the Holy Spirit, as your forefathers did, too.

For people will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreverent,

But you must practice loving your enemies, doing good to them, and lending to them, despairing of nothing; so that your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.

But the cowards, the unfaithful, the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the practicers of magic, the worshipers of idols, and all liars will have their portion in the lake that keeps on burning with fire and brimstone. This is the second death."

Although they know full well God's sentence that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only practice them but even applaud others who do them.

So you, who were once estranged from Him, and hostile in disposition as shown by your wrongdoings, He has now reconciled

Because one's thinking the things suggested by the lower nature means enmity to God, for it does not subject itself to God's law, nor indeed can it.

because they overflow with every sort of evil-doing, wickedness, greed, and malice; they are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, ill-will;

And they devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship with one another, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

For though I am far away in person, still I am with you in spirit, and I am glad to note your fine order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

"Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will have mercy shown them.

Now as to brotherly love, you have no need of anyone's writing you, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another,

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

You younger men, on your part, must be submissive to the elders. And you must all put on the servant's apron of humility to one another, because God opposes the haughty but bestows His unmerited favor on the humble.

in a flame of fire, who will take vengeance on those who do not know God, that is, those who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

Their throats are just like open graves, with their tongues they have spoken treachery; the poison of asps is under their lips.

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

And everyone who has this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as He is.

surely, then, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from trial and to keep wrongdoers under punishment for the day of judgment,

For my boast is this, to which my conscience testifies, that before the world, but especially before you, I have acted from pure motives and in sincerity before God, not depending on worldly wisdom but on God's unmerited favor.

Now who is qualified for such a task? I am, for I am not a peddler of God's message, like the most of them, but like a man of sincerity, like a man that is sent from God and living in His presence, in union with Christ I speak His message.

There a man named Ananias, a man devout in strict accordance with the law, of good reputation among all the Jews who lived there,

Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation for him.

So when he gets his sheep all out, he goes on before them, and the sheep come on behind him, because they know his voice.

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

The doorkeeper opens the door to him, and the sheep obey his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. So when he gets his sheep all out, he goes on before them, and the sheep come on behind him, because they know his voice.

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

For there are many insubordinate people, mere talkers with nothing to say, but deceivers of their own minds, especially those of the circumcision party,

Their doom is destruction, their stomach is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are feeding on earthly things,

Happy are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find on the watch for him. I solemnly say to you, he will tighten his belt and have them sit at table, and he will go around and wait on them.

so that you may prove to be blameless and spotless, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverted age, in which you shine as light-bearers in the world as you continue

who gave Himself for us to ransom us from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people to be His very own, zealous of good works.

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite with no deceit in him!"

They will make war upon the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, and His chosen, elect, and faithful followers will conquer with Him, too, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings."

treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure more than God,

lacking in love for kinsmen, irreconcilable, slanderers, having no self-control, savage, lacking in love for the good,

But the cowards, the unfaithful, the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the practicers of magic, the worshipers of idols, and all liars will have their portion in the lake that keeps on burning with fire and brimstone. This is the second death."

conscienceless, treacherous, with no human love or pity.

With many more words he continued to testify and to plead with them to save themselves from that crooked age.

For people will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreverent,

treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure more than God,

For people will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreverent,

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

in honor or dishonor, in slander or praise; considered a deceiver and yet true,

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for being and doing right, for they will be completely satisfied.

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spiritual things, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

And now I am no longer to be in the world, but they are to stay on in the world, while I am going to be with you. Holy Father, keep them by the power which you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are.