10 Bible Verses about Etiquette
Most Relevant Verses
When the turn came for each girl to go to King Ahasuerus, after the end of twelve months of being under the regulations of the women--for the days of their beauty treatments had to be filled, six months with the oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and women's cosmetics--
Then Pharaoh sent and called [for] Joseph, and they brought him quickly from the prison. And he shaved and changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
Do not promote yourself before the king, and in the place of the great ones do not stand. For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,
Make your foot scarce in the house of your neighbor, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
But let all [things] be [done] decently and according to proper procedure.
He who is slow to anger [is] better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.
[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.
A breached city [where] there is no wall [is like] a man who {has no} self-control for his spirit.
I will instruct you and teach you in [the] way that you should go. I will advise [you] [with] my eye upon you.
