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 the things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants, for we have done what we ought to do.
Let the husband give to the wife proper kindness, and likewise the wife also to the husband.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
For each one will bear his own load.
When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any duty. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife whom he has taken.
And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to your brother.
Then we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities 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, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether evil.
Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.
submitting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.
If then I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
If brothers live together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as a wife for himself, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
If he takes himself another wife, her food, her clothing, and her duty of marriage shall not be lessened.
And these were the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites in the chambers, they were free of duty, for they were employed in that work day and night.
The glory of God is to hide a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
For what is it to me to also judge those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in Word and doctrine.
Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;
But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully 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, so as to multiply horses, because Jehovah has said to you, You shall return no more that way from now on.
A king who truly judges the weak, his throne shall be established forever.
The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: he who rules over men justly, ruling in the fear of God,
And he said to the judges, Take heed what you do. For you do not judge for man, but for Jehovah, 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 duty. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up 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 to his wife and they shall be one flesh.
Look on life 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 share in this life, and in your labor which you labor under the sun.
Duty » To brethren » Wives
that they may train the young women 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 their husbands honor, both the great and small.
And to the married I command (not I, but the Lord), a woman not to be separated from her husband.
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Duty » Masters' » Of admonition
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brothers, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
And fathers, do not provoke 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, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.
Duty » Masters' » Neglect of
Curse Meroz, said the Angel of Jehovah; curse the people of it bitterly, because they did not come to the help of Jehovah, to the help of Jehovah against the mighty.
And everyone who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them shall be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to Mizpeh to Jehovah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
And next to them the Tekoites repaired. But their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.
For they have not served You in their kingdom, and in Your great goodness which You gave them, and in the large and rich land which You gave before them, and they did not turn from their wicked works.
Duty » To brethren » To the weak
To the weak I became as the weak, so that I might gain the weak. I am made all things to all men, so that I might by all means save some.
Now we exhort you, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.
I have shown you all things, that working in this way we ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Then we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities 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; I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.
Duty » To brethren » To enemies
If you meet your enemy's ox or his ass 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 to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you,
If I rejoiced at the ruin of my hater, and I was excited when evil found him;
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
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 sons of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Jehovah.
And the second is like this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
Then we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good, to building up.
Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
Now we exhort you, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.
Cry aloud, do not spare, lift up your voice like a ram's horn, and show My people their rebellion, and the house of Jacob their sins.
And whatever cause shall come to you from your brothers that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall even warn them so that they do not sin against Jehovah, and wrath come on you and your brothers. Do this and you shall not sin.
When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked one shall die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.
But, 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
And he left there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, for Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required;
Then Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from the heavens for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain amount every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My Law or not.
And according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions 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; and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.
And they kept 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 you shall carefully teach them to your sons, 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.
When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah our God has commanded you?
then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to 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 ones go free, and that you break every yoke? Is it not to break your bread to the hungry, and that you should bring home the wandering poor? When will you see the naked and cover him; and you will not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Therefore all things, whatever you desire that men should do to you, do even so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.
You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Jehovah.
Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, Come, 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; I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me. read more.
Then the righteous shall answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, and fed You? Or thirsty, and gave You drink? When did we see You a stranger, and took You in? Or naked, and clothed You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and came to You? And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you have done it to Me. Then He also shall say to those 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 did not take Me in; I was naked, and you did not clothe Me; I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me. Then they will also answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You? Then He shall answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted Him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said to him, What is written in the Law? How do you read it? And answering, he 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 to him, You have answered right; do this and you shall live. But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? And answering, Jesus said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by coincidence a certain priest came down that way and seeing him, he passed by on the opposite side. And in the same way a Levite, also being at the place, coming and seeing him, he passed on the opposite side. But a certain traveling Samaritan came upon him, and seeing him, he was filled with pity. And coming near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And going on the next day, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him. And whatever more you spend, when I come again I will repay you. Then which of these three, do you think, was neighbor to him who fell among the robbers? And he said, The one doing the deed of mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go and do 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 shall make Your truth known to the sons.
Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.
Duty » To brethren » Abounding
And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we also 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 nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not stay with you until the morning.
At his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it. For he is poor and sets his heart on it; lest he cry against you to Jehovah, and it shall be sin to you.
Duty » Daily » Select readings ro 12; 1th 515-28
See that none gives evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue the good, both towards one another and towards all. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. read more.
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophesying. Prove all things, hold fast to the good. Abstain from every appearance of evil. And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who called you, who also will do it. Brothers, pray for us. Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. I charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Duty » Pressure of » It makes the message imperative
And when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
And now, behold, I am going bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall happen to me there,
Duty » Formation (making) » Life to be transformed, not conformed
But we all, with our face having been unveiled, having beheld the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are being changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Lord Spirit.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.
Duty » Parents » To control
ruling his own house well, having children in subjection with all honor.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and households well.
Duty » To brethren » Fervent
Purifying your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, love one another fervently out of a pure heart,
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.
Duty » To brethren » Sincere
Let love be without hypocrisy, shrinking from evil, cleaving to good;
For: "Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; do not lust;" and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Duty » Daily » Prayer
My eye mourns because of affliction; O Jehovah, I have called daily on You; I have stretched out my hands to You.
Duty » Parents » To provide for
Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not burden you, for I do not seek your things, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure 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, no glory is to me. For necessity is laid on me; yea, woe is to me if I do not preach 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 the one hearing say, Come! And let the one who is thirsty come. And he willing, let him take of the Water of Life freely.
Duty » Servants » Faithfulness
Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things; 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 according to the Holy One who has called you, you also become holy in all conduct,
Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Masters, give to your slaves what is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in Heaven.
Duty » Servants » Respect for masters
Let as many slaves as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name and doctrine of God may not be blasphemed.
Duty » Servants » Obedience
Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
Duty » Three-fold appropriation (taking) » Instruction
Take fast hold of instruction; do not let go; keep her; for she is your life.
Duty » Donation (giving) » Give or lose
For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever desires to lose his life for My sake shall find it.
Duty » Pressure of » It burns like an inward fire
Then I said, I will not mention Him, nor speak in His name any more. But His Word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding in, and I could not stop.
Duty » To brethren » Unselfish
And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Duty » Masters' » Refraining from threats
And masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing that your Master also is in Heaven. There is no respect of persons with Him.
Duty » Daily » Reading of the word
Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read in the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth was an assembly, according to the Law.
Duty » Daily » Watchfulness
Blessed is the man who 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 those good and forbearing, but also to the perverse ones.
Duty » Three-fold appropriation (taking) » Cup of salvation
I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Jehovah.
Duty » Formation (making) » After the divine plan
And see that you make them after their pattern, which was shown you in the mountain.
Duty » Donation (giving) » With a free hand
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. You have received freely, freely give.
Duty » Donation (giving) » As stewards
each one as he received a gift, ministering it to yourselves as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
If I despised the cause of my man servant or of my slave-girl, when they argued with me; what then shall I do when God rises up? And when He calls me to account, 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 them 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 ten minas, and said to them, Trade until I come back.
Duty » Formation (making) » A perfect example
Duty » Donation (giving) » The blessedness of
I have shown you all things, that working in this way we ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself 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 I am pressed down until it is 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 all shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love toward one another.
Duty » Daily » Performing of vows
Duty » Servants » Desire to please
Slaves are to be obedient to their masters, to please them well in all things, not talking against,
Duty » Parents » To love
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Duty » Daily » Cross-bearing
And He said to all, If anyone desires to 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
The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah has spoken; who will not prophesy?
Duty » Pressure of » It urges to haste
I must work the works of Him who sent Me, while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
Parents » Duty » Example, good
taking recollection of the unfeigned faith that is in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice. And I am persuaded that it is in you also.
And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the first ways of his father David and did not seek to Baals.
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 if you will keep My statutes and My judgments,
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and did not depart from it, doing the right in the sight of Jehovah.
And he did the right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
Parents » Duty » To teach
And you shall carefully teach them to your sons, 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.
When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah our God has commanded you?
then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to 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 shall make Your truth known to the sons.
Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.
Parents » Duty » To nurture
And fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they be discouraged.
Parents » Duty » To control
ruling his own house well, having children in subjection with all honor.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and households well.
Parents » Duty » To provide for
Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not burden you, for I do not seek your things, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Parents » Duty » To love
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Topics on Duty
Afflicted, Duty To Them
Acts 12:5Then, indeed, Peter was kept in prison. But earnest prayer was made to God for him by the church.
Aliens, Believers Duty
Ezekiel 47:21-23And you shall divide this land for yourselves by the tribes of Israel.
Daily Duty
Hebrews 10:11And indeed every priest stands daily ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
Duty Of Man To God
Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what does Jehovah your God ask of you, but to fear Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Hospitality, A Duty Of God's People
Hebrews 13:2Do not be forgetful of hospitality, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Husbands Duty To Wives
1 Peter 3:7Likewise, husbands, live together according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, the female, as truly being co-heirs together of the grace of life, not cutting off your prayers.
Jury Duty
Proverbs 17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.
Parents Duty To Children
Titus 2:4that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Poor, Duty To
Psalm 41:1To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who acts wisely toward the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in time of trouble.