9 Bible Verses about Devout Men
Most Relevant Verses
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.
There was at Caesarea a man named Cornelius, a captain in what was known as the Italian regiment. 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.
When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants,
There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the Law, highly respected by all the Jews who lived there,
and after the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism went away with Paul and Barnabas, and they talked with them, and urged them to rely on the favor of God.
But the Jews stirred up the well-to-do religious women and the leading men of the town, and they started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
He convinced some of them, and they joined Paul and Silas, along with a great many devout Greeks and a number of the principal women.
He had discussions at the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped with them, and every day in the public square with any whom he happened to find.