21 Bible Verses about Faithfulness, In Human Relationships

"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin; and have omitted the weightier things of the law??he judgment, and the mercy, and the faith; but these it was proper to have done, and those not to have omitted.

"But woe to you Pharisees! because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb; but ye pass by judgment and the love of God. Now these things it was needful to do, and not to leave those undone.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

"Ye heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;' but I say to you, that every one who looks upon a woman, to lust after her, already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Nevertheless, do ye also, severally, each one, so love his own wife, as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Let a widow be enrolled, when she has become not less than sixty years old, having been a wife of one man,

But, if any widow has children or grand-children, let them learn first to show regard to their own family, and to make returns to their parents; for this is acceptable before God.

For we are not as the many, making merchandise of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

but we renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, not handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

Give diligence to present yourself approved to God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the assembly which is in Cenchrea; that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself became a helper of many, and of myself.

So, then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, but especially to those of the household of the faith.

according as each one received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

For God is my witness, Whom I serve in my spirit in the Gospel of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers, making request, if by any means now at length, I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

with all prayer and supplication praying at every opportunity in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

Persevere in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving; at the same time praying for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ (because of which I have also become bound), that I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.

But, as ye abound in everything??n faith, and speech, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us??ee that ye abound in this grace also. I am not speaking by way of command; but as proving, through the diligence of others, the sincerity of your love. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might become rich.read more.
And I give my judgment in this; for this is profitable for you, who, indeed, began before others, a year ago, not only to do, but also to will. And now complete the doing also; that, as there was a readiness to will, so also there may be the completion out of what ye have;

And know ye also, Philippians, that in the beginning of the Gospel, when I went forth from Macedonia, no assembly had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving, but ye only; because even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again to my need. Not that I am seeking for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that abounds to your account.read more.
But I have all, and abound; I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, an odor of sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your lord.'

He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous in much.

And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'