27 Bible Verses about Social duties

And if thy brother becomes poor and comes unto thee, then thou shalt receive him; as a stranger, or a sojourner, he shall live with thee.

If there should be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy towns in thy land which the LORD thy God gives thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother,

Caph She stretched out her hand to the poor; yea, she reached forth her hands to the destitute.

Take heed not to do your alms before men, to be seen of them; otherwise, ye have no reward of your Father who is in the heavens.

Jesus said unto him, If thou desire to be perfect, go and sell what thou hast and give it to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me.

When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business; but he shall be free at home one year and shall cheer up his wife whom he has taken.

Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself for her,

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.

Thy fountain shall be blessed; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou dost love all the days which thou art to live in this lake of vanity, which are given unto thee; all the days of thy vanity under the sun: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour in which thou dost work under the sun.

Thou shalt not twist the rights of the stranger nor of the fatherless nor take a widow's clothing for a pledge,

Thus hath the LORD said: Execute judgment and righteousness and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor and do not deceive, neither steal from the stranger nor from the fatherless nor from the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

And the Levite, who has no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied, that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands which thou doest.

The pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep thyself unspotted from this world.

Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love, without eyes for anyone else.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and mercy in his sight more than did all the other virgins so that he set the crown of the kingdom upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent and took Rebekah as his wife; and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah and served with him yet another seven years.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

but I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

These are those who are not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These are redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

For the will of God is your sanctification, that ye should separate yourselves from fornication,

I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a maid?

So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He said unto him, Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, Feed my lambs.

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Therefore, take heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life, but teach them to thy sons and thy sons' sons.

and thou shalt repeat them diligently unto thy sons and shalt talk of them being in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up;

And ye shall teach them to your children that ye may think of them sitting in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up.

Tzaddi She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat bread in idleness.

that they may teach the young women to be prudent, to love their husbands, to love their children,

And this sentence which the king shall make shall be heard throughout all his empire, although it is great, and all the wives shall give their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife separate from her husband;

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husband, as unto the Lord.

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee; and put a knife to thy throat if thou art a man given to appetite.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled and answered, Go away for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible one.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

Pe She opened her mouth with wisdom, and the law of mercy is upon her tongue.

Now therefore fear ye not; I will nourish you and your little ones. Thus he comforted them and spoke to their heart.

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the wise that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary; he wakes up early, early shall he awaken my ear, that I might hear, as the wise.

By long forbearing a prince is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bones.

A false balance is abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measurement of land, in weight, or in other measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have. I AM your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have, that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.

Not repaying anyone evil for evil; procuring that which is good not only in the sight of God, but even in the sight of all men.

Owe no one anything, but love one unto another; for he that loves his neighbour has fulfilled the law.

I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither pleasing the poor, nor favoring the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own desires; and their mouth speaks arrogant things, admiring persons to take advantage.

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Stand firm, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate, of righteousness,

Therefore, leaving the lie, speak every man truth with his neighbour, for we are members one of another.

These are the things that ye shall do: Speak each one the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they shall be fed and lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

A false balance is abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

Can I be pure with false balances and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have. I AM your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights of the bag are his work.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag different weights, a great and a small.

If thou see the ass of him that hates thee lying under his burden, will thou forbear to help him? Thou shalt surely help him to raise it up.

If thy enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

But rather love ye your enemies and do good and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward shall be great; and ye shall be the sons of the Most High, for he is kind even unto the unthankful and to the evil.

See that no one renders evil for evil unto anyone, but always follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to all men.

Therefore, if thine enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and by it he being dead yet speaks.

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.

Because for this were ye called: for the Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps

Not because we did not have authority, but to give you an example that you might imitate us.

And he said unto his men, The LORD keep me from doing this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.

In the same manner these deceived dreamers, defile their flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of higher powers.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Let every soul submit itself to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God.

Thou shalt not revile the judges nor curse the prince of thy people.

loving one another with brotherly love, with honour preferring one another;

that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold (which perishes, nevertheless it is tried with fire), might be found unto praise and glory and honour when Jesus, the Christ, is made manifest;

Clothed, therefore, (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) with bowels of mercies, with kindness, with humility, with meekness, with tolerance,

Charity suffers long and is benign; charity envies not; charity does nothing without due reason, is not puffed up,

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven you in Christ.

Masters, do that which is just and right with your slaves, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Do right concerning the poor and fatherless; do justice to the poor and destitute.

Thou shalt follow justice and righteousness, that thou may live and inherit the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.

Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness: for my saving health is near to come, and my righteousness to be manifested.

To do righteousness and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

If thou should encounter thine enemy's ox or his ass astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

Therefore, if thine enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those who speak evil about you, and persecute you;

If I rejoiced at the destruction of the one that hated me or lifted up myself when evil found him;

Do not rejoice when thy enemy falls, and do not let thy heart be glad when he stumbles

Now three friends of Job, Eliphaz, the Temanite, Bildad, the Shuhite, and Zophar, the Naamathite, when they heard of all this evil that had come upon him, each one came from his own place; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

And all those of the land wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed the brook Kidron; and then the king also passed, and all the people passed unto the way of the wilderness.

Jesus wept.

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

Did I not weep for the one that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

but charge them to do good, that they be rich in good works, liberal to distribute, willing to communicate,

Do not forget to do good and to fellowship; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

I have showed you in all things how that so labouring, ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

sharing for the needs of the saints, and given to hospitality.

Therefore as long as we have the opportunity, let us do good unto everyone, especially unto those who are of the household of faith.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, do not leave thy place; for meekness pacifies great sins.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, modest, benevolent, full of mercy and of good fruits, not judgmental, unfeigned.

He who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who can not be accused of dissoluteness, nor insubordinate.

If it can be done, as much as is possible on your part, live in peace with all men.

Follow peace with everyone and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:

If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is vain.

For he that desires to love life and see the good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile;

Mem Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity.

Whosoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Give to him that asks of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks.

He is ever merciful and lends, and his seed is a blessing.

Teth A good man has mercy and lends; Jod He will govern his affairs with good judgment.

But rather love ye your enemies and do good and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward shall be great; and ye shall be the sons of the Most High, for he is kind even unto the unthankful and to the evil.

These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

A joyful heart makes a beautiful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is abated.

A joyful heart shall do good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

Then they were all of good cheer, and they also took some food.

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the congregation ; and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

Now three friends of Job, Eliphaz, the Temanite, Bildad, the Shuhite, and Zophar, the Naamathite, when they heard of all this evil that had come upon him, each one came from his own place; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!

naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

And King Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael, king of Syria. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, but do not stir up thy soul to destroy him.

Do not withhold correction from the child; for if thou shall beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

He that cuts short chastening hates his son, but he that loves him chastens him early.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel, the Buzite, answered and said, I am younger, and ye are older; therefore, I was afraid, and I feared to declare unto you my opinion.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Thou shalt rise up before grey hair and honour the face of the elder and fear thy God. I am the LORD.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren, the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.

The king that judges the poor with truth, his throne shall be established for ever.

Do right concerning the poor and fatherless; do justice to the poor and destitute.

Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Is this not to know me? said the LORD.

and thou shalt repeat them diligently unto thy sons and shalt talk of them being in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up;

And when tomorrow thy son asks thee, saying, What are the testimonies and the statutes and the rights, which the LORD our God has commanded you?

then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him and bring him out unto the elders of his city and unto the gate of his place;

And finally, be ye all of one consent, of one affection, loving each other fraternally, merciful, courteous,

Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.

In the same quarters were possessions of a principal man of the island, whose name was Publius, who received us and lodged us three days courteously.

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.

He who lives, he who lives, even he shall confess thee, as I do this day; the father to the sons shall make known thy truth.

Koph Arise, cry out in the night; in the beginning of the watches; pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

And the Lord make you to multiply and make charity to abound among you and toward all men, even as it is with us toward you,

Let brotherly love continue.

If ye truly fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well;

Clothed, therefore, (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) with bowels of mercies, with kindness, with humility, with meekness, with tolerance,

Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfil the law of the Christ.

We then that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not please ourselves.

they shall separate themselves from wine and strong drink and shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall they drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes or dried.

Ye have never eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.

Now keep thyself and drink no wine nor strong drink and eat no unclean thing.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.

Deceit is in the heart of those whose thoughts are evil, but joy in that of those whose thoughts are good.

Let us, therefore, follow after the things which make for peace and the edification of each one to the others.

Even more than he who is given over to wine, the transposer, the proud man, shall not remain, who enlarges his desire as Sheol and is as death and cannot be satisfied, but gathered unto him all the Gentiles and heaps unto him all the peoples;

to be temperate, chaste, good housekeepers, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God not be blasphemed.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house lest he be weary of thee and so hate thee.

And Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

I ate no pleasant bread, neither did flesh nor wine come into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all until the three weeks of days were fulfilled.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil.

Sell what ye have and give alms; ; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches neither moth corrupts.

Give to him that asks of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

He answered and said unto them, He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him. Do not detain the wages of the work of the hired man in thy house until the morning.

In his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor and with it sustains his life, lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

If thy enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.

It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor do any thing by which thy brother stumbles or is offended or is sick.

Therefore, if food makes my brother to fall, I will never eat flesh nor do anything which may cause my brother to fall.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

Fathers, provoke not your children lest they become disheartened.

And many women were there beholding afar off, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him; among whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Now well along on the sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first of the sabbaths, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

And Jonathan swore unto David again because he loved him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

And Ittai answered the king and said, As the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, for life or for death, wherever my lord the king shall be, there also will thy slave be.

one that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all integrity;

Let the deacons be the husbands of only one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

And David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him, for who has stretched forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and remained innocent?

Then David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? Shall anyone be put to death today in Israel? Do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?

Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth, by the Spirit, in unfeigned brotherly love, love one another with a pure heart fervently,

Beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. Anyone that loves is born of God and knows God.

Let love be without dissimulation, abhorring that which is evil, causing you to come unto that which is good;

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

I have showed you in all things how that so labouring, ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Rejoice with those that rejoice and weep with those that weep.

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing that in yourselves ye have a better substance in the heavens, and that abides.

And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness; for they kindled a great fire and received all of us because of the present rain and because of the cold.

And finally, be ye all of one consent, of one affection, loving each other fraternally, merciful, courteous,