38 Bible Verses about Duty
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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
For every man shall bear his own burden.
When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up descendants to your brother.
We then that are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet.
If brethren dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.
If he takes him another wife; her food, her clothing, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
And these are the singers, heads of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free from other service: for they were employed in that work day and night.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
For what have I to do to judge them also that are outside? do not you judge them that are within?
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but of a ready mind;
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
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Duty » Pressure of » Rulers'
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: since as the LORD has said unto you, you shall return no more that way again.
The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
And said to the judges, Take heed what you do: for you judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
Duty » Daily » Husbands'
When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity: for that is your portion in this life, and in your labor which you perform under the sun.
Duty » To brethren » Wives
That they may teach the young women to be sensible, to love their husbands, to love their children,
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Duty » Masters' » Of admonition
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are idle, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Duty » Masters' » Neglect of
Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, Curse you bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpah to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
For they have not served you in their kingdom, or in your great goodness that you gave them, or in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
Duty » To brethren » To the weak
To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are idle, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
I have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
We then that are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
For I was hungry, and you gave me food: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in: Naked, and you clothed me: I was sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came unto me.
Duty » To brethren » To enemies
If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink: for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you, and persecute you;
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Duty » To brethren » To neighbours
If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well:
You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
And the second is like, namely this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
We then that are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.
Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are idle, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
And whatsoever cause shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so bring wrath upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and you shall not trespass.
When I say unto the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.
Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
Duty » Daily » Gathering the manna
So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the gatekeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
Duty » Parents » To teach
And you shall teach them diligently unto your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God has commanded you?
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Duty » Of man to man
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not yourself from your own flesh?
Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and you gave me food: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in: Naked, and you clothed me: I was sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came unto me. read more.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you hungry, and fed you? or thirsty, and gave you drink? When saw we you a stranger, and took you in? or naked, and clothed you? Or when saw we you sick, or in prison, and came unto you? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Since you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was hungry, and you gave me no food: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and you visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you hungry, or thirsty or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto you? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Since you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tested him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how read you? And he answering said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. read more.
And he said unto him, You have answered right: this do, and you shall live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the next day when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the innkeeper, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever you spend more, when I come again, I will repay you. Which now of these three, think you, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do you likewise.
Duty » Parents » To train
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth.
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.
Duty » To brethren » Abounding
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well:
Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
You shall not defraud your neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with you all night until the morning.
Each day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you unto the LORD, and it be sin unto you.
Duty » Daily » Select readings ro 12; 1th 515-28
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. read more.
In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesying. Test all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us. Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Duty » Pressure of » It makes the message imperative
And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the word, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
Duty » Formation (making) » Life to be transformed, not conformed
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Duty » Parents » To control
One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all respect;
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Duty » To brethren » Fervent
Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God.
Duty » To brethren » Sincere
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Duty » Daily » Prayer
My eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon you, I have stretched out my hands unto you.
Duty » Parents » To provide for
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Duty » Pressure of » It sounds a woe in the ears of him who falters
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
Duty » To brethren » Impartial
Duty » Three-fold appropriation (taking) » The water of life
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Duty » Servants » Faithfulness
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye service, as men pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Duty » Formation (making) » Danger of old ideals
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he who has called you is holy, so be holy in all manner of conduct;
Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Duty » Servants » Respect for masters
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
Duty » Servants » Obedience
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Duty » Three-fold appropriation (taking) » Instruction
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.
Duty » Donation (giving) » Give or lose
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Duty » Pressure of » It burns like an inward fire
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary from holding it back, and I could not.
Duty » To brethren » Unselfish
And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Duty » Masters' » Refraining from threats
And, you masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Duty » Daily » Reading of the word
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
Duty » Daily » Watchfulness
Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Duty » Servants » Patience in hard places
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.
Duty » Three-fold appropriation (taking) » Cup of salvation
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
Duty » Formation (making) » After the divine plan
And see that you make them after their pattern, which was shown you on the mount.
Duty » Donation (giving) » With a free hand
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: freely you have received, freely give.
Duty » Donation (giving) » As stewards
As every man has received a gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God rises up? and when he comes, what shall I answer him?
Duty » Daily » Exhortation
But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Duty » Three-fold appropriation (taking) » Divine strength
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
Duty » Three-fold appropriation (taking) » All of life's opportunities
And he called his ten servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Duty » Formation (making) » A perfect example
Duty » Donation (giving) » The blessedness of
I have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Duty » Pressure of » It binds the soul to its task
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I constrained till it be accomplished!
Duty » To brethren » Christ's love the standard of
This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
Duty » To brethren » Proof of discipleship
By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another.
Duty » Daily » Performing of vows
Duty » Servants » Desire to please
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not talking back;
Duty » Parents » To love
That they may teach the young women to be sensible, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Duty » Daily » Cross-bearing
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Duty » Pressure of » It calls like the voice of a lion
Duty » Pressure of » It urges to haste
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.
Parents » Duty » Example, good
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and I am persuaded in you also.
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
And if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my judgments:
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
Parents » Duty » To teach
And you shall teach them diligently unto your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God has commanded you?
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Parents » Duty » To train
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth.
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.
Parents » Duty » To nurture
And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Parents » Duty » To control
One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all respect;
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Parents » Duty » To provide for
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Parents » Duty » To love
That they may teach the young women to be sensible, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Topics on Duty
Afflicted, Duty To Them
Acts 12:5Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
Aliens, Believers Duty
Ezekiel 47:21-23So shall you divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
Daily Duty
Hebrews 10:11And every priest stands daily ministering and offering frequently the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
Duty Of Man To God
Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Hospitality, A Duty Of God's People
Hebrews 13:2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Human Duty To Glorify God
Psalm 34:3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Husbands Duty To Wives
1 Peter 3:7Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Jury Duty
Proverbs 17:15He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Parents Duty To Children
Titus 2:4That they may teach the young women to be sensible, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Poor, Duty To
Psalm 41:1[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.