10 Bible Verses about Etiquette

Now when the turn of each young lady came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their beautification were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women—

Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh.

And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.

Do not claim honor in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of great men;
For it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.

Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Or he will become weary of you and hate you.

But all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
But he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.

Like a city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man who has no control over his spirit.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.