13 Bible Verses about Manners

They did not show kindness to the family of Gideon for all the good that he had done for Israel.

David thought: I guarded this man's possessions in the desert for nothing! Not one of his possessions was missing. Yet, he paid me back with evil when I was good to him.

Elisha left Jericho to go to Bethel. On the way some boys came out of a town and taunted and made fun of him. They shouted: Get out of here, baldy! Elisha turned around and glared at them. He cursed them in the name of Jehovah. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.

The older daughter said to her sister: Our father is getting old. There are no men in the whole world to marry us so we can have children. Come, let us get our father drunk. Then we can sleep with him and have children by him. That night they gave him wine to drink. The older daughter had intercourse with him. But he was so drunk that he did not know it.read more.
The next day the older daughter said to her sister: I slept with him last night. Let us get him drunk again tonight, and you sleep with him. Then each of us will have a child by our father. So that night they got him drunk. The younger daughter had intercourse with him. Again he was so drunk that he did not know it. Both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their own father.

The nations I am chasing out did these disgusting things. I hated them for it! So do not follow their example.

So the five men left and traveled to the town of Laish. They saw how the people there lived in security like the Sidonians. They were a peaceful, quiet people, with no argument with anyone. They had all they needed. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had nothing to do with any other people.

Our Father in heaven, holy is your name. (Exodus 6:3) (Psalm 83:18) (Isaiah 42:8; 54:5; 63:16; 64:8)

When they arrived he said: You know from the first day that I set foot in Asia, I was with you all the time,

A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a jewel of gold in a swine's snout.

If a nonbeliever invites you to a feast and you feel you must go eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience sake. But if any man says to you: This is offered in sacrifice to idols, do not eat for the sake of the one who said it and for conscience sake. Conscience, I say, not your own, but of the other: Yet why is my freedom judged by another man's conscience?read more.
For if I by grace am a partaker, why is evil spoken about me concerning that for which I give thanks?

Love does not act indecently. It is not selfish. It is not provoked and does not take into account a wrong suffered.

Behave with wisdom toward those who are outside, making the most of the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

You know what you must do to imitate us. We lived a disciplined life among you. We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, we worked hard and struggled night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you. It is not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to imitate us.read more.
While we were with you, we used to tell you: Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat.