27 Bible Verses about Social duties

“If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.

“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.

Her hands reach out to the poor,
and she extends her hands to the needy.

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

“If you want to be perfect,” Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

“When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

And the man said: This one, at last, is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called woman, for she was taken from man. This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

Let your fountain be blessed,
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.

Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come, eat, and be satisfied. And the Lord your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

“You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

A loving doe, a graceful fawn—
let her breasts always satisfy you;
be lost in her love forever.

So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

The king loved Esther more than all the other women. She won more favor and approval from him than did any of the other young women. He placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.

Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

Do not commit adultery.

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

These are the ones not defiled with women, for they have kept their virginity. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were redeemed from the human race as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality,

I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman?

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Feed My lambs,” He told him.

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

She watches over the activities of her household
and is never idle.

so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,

The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”

I command the married—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to leave her husband.

Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord,

The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you, and stick a knife in your throat if you have a big appetite;

If you find honey, eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied, “Leave for now, but when I find time I’ll call for you.”

Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a crown that will fade away, but we a crown that will never fade away.

A gentle answer turns away anger,
but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

She opens her mouth with wisdom
and loving instruction is on her tongue.

Therefore don’t be afraid. I will take care of you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

The Lord God has given Me
the tongue of those who are instructed
to know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens Me each morning;
He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed.

A ruler can be persuaded through patience,
and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is His delight.

"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.

Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.

“You must not act unjustly when deciding a case. Do not be partial to the poor or give preference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.

These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

These sayings also belong to the wise:

It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

Stand, therefore,

with truth like a belt around your waist,
righteousness like armor on your chest,

Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another; make true and sound decisions within your gates.

The remnant of Israel will no longer
do wrong or tell lies;
a deceitful tongue will not be found
in their mouths.
But they will pasture and lie down,
with nothing to make them afraid.

Truthful lips endure forever,
but a lying tongue, only a moment.

Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is His delight.

Can I excuse wicked scales
or bags of deceptive weights?

You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s;
all the weights in the bag are His concern.

“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

“If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

But

If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

Brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name as an example of suffering and patience.

For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done for you.

For you were called to this,
because Christ also suffered for you,
leaving you an example,
so that you should follow in His steps.

It is not that we don’t have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us.

He said to his men, “I swear before the Lord: I would never do such a thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed. I will never lift my hand against him, since he is the Lord’s anointed.”

Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.

Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the Emperor.

Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God.

“You must not blaspheme God or curse a leader among your people.

Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor.

so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

Love is patient, love is kind.
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,

And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.

Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

Pursue justice and justice alone, so that you will live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

This is what the Lord says:

Preserve justice and do what is right,
for My salvation is coming soon,
and My righteousness will be revealed.

Doing what is righteous and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

“If you come across your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

But

If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly while all the people were marching past. As the king was crossing the Kidron Valley, all the people were marching past on the road that leads to the desert.

Jesus wept.

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Instruct them to do what is good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share,

Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

In every way I’ve shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality.

Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.

If the ruler’s anger rises against you, don’t leave your place,
for calmness puts great offenses to rest.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.

one who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of wildness or rebellion.

If possible, on your part, live at peace with everyone.

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness—without it no one will see the Lord.

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

For the one who wants to love life
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,

Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.

The one who guards his mouth protects his life;
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

The one who guards his mouth and tongue
keeps himself out of trouble.

Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has.

He is always generous, always lending,
and his children are a blessing.

Good will come to a man who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.

But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.

A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Therefore, take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just the way it was told to me.

They all became encouraged and took food themselves.

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

When Elisha became sick with the illness that he died from, Jehoash king of Israel went down and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

I was naked and you clothed Me;
I was sick and you took care of Me;
I was in prison and you visited Me.’

So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael. Then Judah’s King Ahaziah son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.

Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t be intent on killing him.

Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.

The one who will not use the rod hates his son,
but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell you what I know.

Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am Yahweh.

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.

A king who judges the poor with fairness—
his throne will be established forever.

Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.

He took up the case of the poor and needy,
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances, which the Lord our God has commanded you?’

his father and mother must take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown.

Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,

Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.

Now in the area around that place was an estate belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The living, only the living can thank You,
as I do today;
a father will make Your faithfulness known to children.

ק QofArise, cry out in the night
from the first watch of the night.
Pour out your heart like water
before the Lord’s presence.
Lift up your hands to Him
for the lives of your children
who are fainting from hunger
on the corner of every street.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we also do for you.

Let brotherly love continue.

Indeed, if you keep the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.

Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.

he is to abstain from wine and beer. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or from beer. He must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.

you did not eat bread or drink wine or beer—so that you might know that I am Yahweh your God.

Now please be careful not to drink wine or beer, or to eat anything unclean;

The peacemakers are blessed,
for they will be called sons of God.

Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but those who promote peace have joy.

So then, we must pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.

Moreover, wine betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.

to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

Daniel determined that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or with the wine he drank. So he asked permission from the chief official not to defile himself.

I didn’t eat any rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn’t put any oil on my body until the three weeks were over.

For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

He replied to them, “The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.”

“You must not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired hand must not remain with you until morning.

You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Send your bread on the surface of the waters,
for after many days you may find it.

It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother to fall.

Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and ministered to Him were there, looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb.

Jonathan once again swore to David in his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

But in response, Ittai vowed to the king, “As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means life or death, your servant will be there!”

one who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity.

Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently.

But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the Lord’s anointed and be blameless?”

David answered, “Sons of Zeruiah, do we agree on anything? Have you become my adversary today? Should any man be killed in Israel today? Am I not aware that today I’m king over Israel?”

By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

The commandments:

Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not covet;

and whatever other commandment—all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.

In every way I’ve shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.

The local people showed us extraordinary kindness, for they lit a fire and took us all in, since it was raining and cold.

Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

they gave it to the carpenters and builders and [also used it] to buy quarried stone and timbers-for joining and to make beams-for the buildings that Judah's kings had destroyed. The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah the Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled on musical instruments.

"If your fellow Hebrew, a man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, you must set him free in the seventh year. When you set him free, do not send him away empty-handed. Give generously to him from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You are to give him whatever the Lord your God has blessed you with.

Now I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

But He turned and rebuked them,