75 Bible Verses about ethics, personal

Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them—this is the Law and the Prophets.

The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.

“The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”

Do not murder.
Do not commit adultery.
Do not steal.
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Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Do not murder.
Do not commit adultery.
Do not steal.
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Do not give dishonest testimony against your neighbor.
Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

Just as you want others to do for you, do the same for them.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good. Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.

and is well known for good works—that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.

Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward! But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, read more.
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

But if he didn’t intend any harm, and yet God caused it to happen by his hand, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee. If a person schemes and willfully acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from My altar to be put to death.

But I tell you, everyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Fool!’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You moron!’ will be subject to hellfire.

Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things.

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

Do not make an idol for yourself in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

“Do not make idols for yourselves, set up a carved image or sacred pillar for yourselves, or place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am Yahweh your God.

“Therefore, fear the Lord and worship Him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship Yahweh.

“Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you, your brothers the prophets, and those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

You must not swear falsely by My name, profaning the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

“If you are not careful to obey all the words of this law, which are written in this scroll, by fearing this glorious and awesome name—Yahweh, your God—

But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne;

“Therefore, you should pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,
Your name be honored as holy.

He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say:

Father,
Your name be honored as holy.
Your kingdom come.

Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your “yes” must be “yes,” and your “no” must be “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy:

Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, dedicated to the Lord. Anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

“You are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvesting times.

You must keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and will cancel every debt.

Happy is the man who does this,
anyone who maintains this,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

“The Lord your God is commanding you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and all your soul.

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord,

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

“When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

I command the married—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to leave her husband. But if she does leave, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband—and a husband is not to leave his wife.

Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward them.

In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message, they may be won over without a message by the way their wives live

Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land. read more.
Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.

“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands.

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t be intent on killing him.

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

one who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

But if anyone does not provide for his own, that is his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan.

Any daughter who possesses an inheritance from an Israelite tribe must marry someone from the clan of her ancestral tribe, so that each of the Israelites will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

“When brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man may not marry a stranger outside the family. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife, have sexual relations with her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

He said, ‘Please let me go because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the town, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if you are pleased with me, let me go so I can see my brothers.’ That’s why he didn’t come to the king’s table.”

Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.

“When you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for six years; then in the seventh he is to leave as a free man without paying anything.

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.

All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.

Slaves are to be submissive to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back

Household slaves, submit with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.

“You must not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired hand must not remain with you until morning.

“Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town in your land. You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.

If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants
when they made a complaint against me,
what could I do when God stands up to judge?
How should I answer Him when He calls me to account?