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 ye, when ye 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 due benevolence: 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 hath 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 cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour 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 filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke 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: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
Duty » Daily » Husbands'
When a man hath 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 cheer up his wife which he hath 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 thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Duty » To brethren » Wives
That they may teach the young women to be sober, 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 honour, 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 ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
And, ye 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 unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Duty » Masters' » Neglect of
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye 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 heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh 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 thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest 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 unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye 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 infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Duty » To brethren » To enemies
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt 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 which 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:
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Duty » To brethren » To neighbours
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest 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 thine hand.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy 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 rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses 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 custom, as the duty of every day required;
Duty » Parents » To teach
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath 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 bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. read more.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye 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 tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. read more.
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, 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 morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou 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 thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top 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 ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
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 every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove 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 calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us. Greet all the brethren with an 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 Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was 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 open face beholding as in a glass 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 ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Duty » Parents » To control
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Duty » To brethren » Fervent
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Duty » To brethren » Sincere
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Duty » Daily » Prayer
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
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 glory 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 heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst 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 eyeservice, as menpleasers; 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 which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye 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 honour, 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 thy 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 mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Duty » To brethren » Unselfish
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Duty » Masters' » Refraining from threats
And, ye 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 unto the manner.
Duty » Daily » Watchfulness
Blessed is the man that heareth 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 froward.
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 look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
Duty » Donation (giving) » With a free hand
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Duty » Donation (giving) » As stewards
As every man hath received the 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 riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Duty » Daily » Exhortation
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; 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 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 shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye 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 straitened till it be accomplished!
Duty » To brethren » Christ's love the standard of
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Duty » To brethren » Proof of discipleship
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye 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 answering again;
Duty » Parents » To love
That they may teach the young women to be sober, 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 cometh, when no man can work.
Parents » Duty » Example, good
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee 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 thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt 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 thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath 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 thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
Parents » Duty » To nurture
And, ye 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 ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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 sober, 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 ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
Daily Duty
Hebrews 10:11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
Duty Of Man To God
Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy 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, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour 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 justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth 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 sober, 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 considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.