28 Bible Verses about piety

in holiness and righteousness before him, all our days.

and to knowledge selfcontrol, and to selfcontrol endurance, and to endurance godliness,

and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof. And from these turn away.

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard by reason of his godly reverence,

But avoid the profane and old wives fables; and exercise thyself unto godliness.

But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety to their own family, and to requite their parents; for this is acceptable before God.

which things have indeed a show of wisdom in willworship and humiliation and severity to the body, not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.

for kings, and all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness and propriety.

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and praying to God always,

But Peter seeing it, answered the people: Men of Israel, why wonder ye at this? Or why look ye earnestly on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man to walk?

But take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Let no one defraud you of the prize, desiring to do it in humiliation and worshipping of the angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his own flesh,

And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.

For bodily exercise is profitable for little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

But one Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, well spoken of by all the Jews who dwelt there,

And lo! there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and he was a righteous and devout man, waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him;

So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead in itself.

the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unrighteous under punishment to the day of judgment;

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

I desire, then, that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, discreet, just, holy, temperate,

And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness, in him who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites I because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in yourselves, nor suffer those who are entering to go in.

incessant disputings of men corrupted in their minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that godliness is gain.

but, as becometh women professing godliness, with good works.