36 Bible Verses about piety

all the days of our life, in such holiness and righteousness that are accept before him.

Where is now thy fear of God, thy steadfastness, thy patience, and the perfectness of thy ways?

As for shame, thou hast set it aside - else wouldest thou not make so many words before God.

Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; when I call upon the LORD, he will hear me.

and in knowledge, temperance; and in temperance, patience; in patience, godliness;

in godliness, brotherly kindness; in brotherly kindness, love.

having a similitude of godly living, but have denied the power thereof. Such abhor.

Is he afraid to reprove thee, and to step forth with thee into judgment?

Which in the days of his flesh, did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death: and was also heard, because of his godliness.

But cast away unghostly and old wives' fables. Exercise thyself unto godliness.

Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy; my God, help thy servant that putteth his trust in thee.

If any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to rule their own houses godly, and to recompense their elders. For that is good and acceptable before God.

which things have the similitude of wisdom in chosen holiness, and humbleness, and in that they spare not the body - and do the flesh no worship unto his need.

for kings, and for all that are in authority that we may live a quiet and a peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

So are ye, for outward ye appear righteous unto men, when within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his household, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed God always.

When Peter saw that, he answered unto the people, "Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? Or why look ye so steadfastly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man go?

Take heed to your alms, that ye give it not in the sight of men, to the intent that ye would be seen of them: or else ye get no reward of your father which is in heaven.

Let no man make you shoot at a wrong mark, which after his own imagination walketh in the humbleness and holiness of angels, things which he never saw: causeless, puffed up with his fleshly mind,

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, because they would be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: But godliness is good unto all things, as a thing which hath promises of the life that is now, and of the life to come.

And one Ananias, a perfect man, and as pertaining to the law having good report of all the Jews which there dwelt,

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon. And the same man was just and feared God, and longed for the consolation of Israel, and the holy ghost was in him.

Even so faith, if it have no deeds, is dead in itself.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and how to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment for to be punished:

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, which were of all nations under heaven.

I will, therefore, that the men pray every where, lifting up pure hands without wrath, or doubting.

but harborous, one that loveth goodness, sober minded, righteous, holy, temperate,

And without nay, great is that mystery of godliness. God was showed in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached unto the gentiles, was believed on in earth and received up in glory.

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven before men: ye yourselves go not in, neither suffer ye them that come to enter in.

and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness. From such, separate thyself.

but with such as becometh women that profess the worshipping of God through good works.

I will deck her priests with health, and her saints shall rejoice and sing.