13 Bible Verses about Manners
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Neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
And David had said, Surely in vain I have kept all that belongs to this fellow in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his. And he has requited me evil for good.
And he went up from there to Bethel. And he was going up in the highway. And little boys came out from the city and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head! And he turned behind him and saw them, and declared them vile in the name of Jehovah. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two boys of them.
And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth. Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father. And he did not notice when she lay down nor when she arose.read more.
And it happened on the next day, the first-born said to the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also, and you go in and lie down with him so that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him. And he did not notice when she lay down nor when she arose. So both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
And you shall not walk in the ways of the nation which I cast out before you. For they committed all these things, and therefore I loathed them.
And the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people in it, how they lived carelessly, as the Sidonians do, quiet and secure. And there was no judge in the land who might put them to shame in a thing. And they were far from the Sidonians, and had no business with any man.
Therefore pray in this way: Our Father, who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know how I was with you at all times, from the first day I arrived in Asia,
Like a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who turns aside discretion.
If any of those who do not believe invite you to a feast, and if you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake. But if anyone says to you, This is slain in sacrifice to idols, do not eat for the sake of him who showed it, and for conscience' sake; "for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness of it"; conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's. For why is my liberty judged by another's conscience?read more.
For if I by grace am a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
does not behave indecently, does not seek her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil.
Walk in wisdom toward those on the outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, having been seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us. For we did not behave ourselves disorderly among you, neither did we eat any man's bread freely, but we worked with labor and travail night and day, so that we might not be heavy on any of you (not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example to you, to imitate us).read more.
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, that if anyone would not work, neither should he eat.
From Thematic Bible
Manners » Rules for guests
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you; and put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
If any of those who do not believe invite you to a feast, and if you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake.
Manners » In presence of » Superiors
But she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you. For the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the images.
Manners » Obeisance to strangers
And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed toward the ground.
And there came two angels to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot rose up to meet them when he saw them. And he bowed himself with his face toward the ground,
Manners » In presence of » The aged
You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
Manners » Standing while guests eat
And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
Manners » Courteousness encouraged
And finally, all be of one mind, having compassion on one another, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly.