18 Bible Verses about Social duties

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.

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

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it,

Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep ones self unspotted from the world.

But I say to you, that whoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, a firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;

So when they had breakfasted, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.

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

But to those who are married it is my command, yet not mine, but the Lords: Let not the wife separate herself from her husband,

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

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix became alarmed, and answered, Go thy way for the present; and when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable.

Render to no one evil for evil; have regard to what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Owe no one anything but brotherly love; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the Law.

I charge thee before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudging, doing nothing with partiality.

These are murmurers, complaining of their lot, walking according to their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words; admiring mens persons, for the sake of profit.

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Wherefore having put away falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbor; for we are members one of another.

But love your enemies, and do good and lend, despairing of no one; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the unthankful and wicked.

See that none render evil for evil to any one; but ever follow that which is good, both toward one another and toward all.

Therefore, "if thy enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head."

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received testimony that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it though dead he yet speaketh.

Take, brethren, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, for an example of affliction, and of patience.

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

For to this ye were called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps;

Not because we have not authority, but to make ourselves an example to you, that ye should imitate us.

Yet in like manner these dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and rail at dignities.

Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.

Let every one submit to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority which is not from God: and the authorities which exist have been ordained by God.

In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in honor, give each other the preference.

that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold which perisheth, but is tried with fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the manifestation of Jesus Christ;

Clothe yourselves, therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, with compassionate affections, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Love suffereth long, is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up,

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

Masters, deal out to your bondservants justice and equity, knowing that ye also have a master in heaven.

Therefore, "if thy enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head."

But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you;

Jesus wept.

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

that they be rich in good works, liberal in imparting, willing to communicate,

But works of kindness and liberality forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

In all ways I showed you that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Relieve the wants of the holy; be given to hospitality.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

if any one is without reproach, the husband of one wife, having believing children, that are not accused of dissoluteness, or unruly.

If it be possible, as far as dependeth on you, be at peace with all men.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord;

If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this mans religion is vain.

"For he that would love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile;

Give to him that asketh of thee; and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not away.

But love your enemies, and do good and lend, despairing of no one; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the unthankful and wicked.

These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that it will be just as it hath been told me.

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

Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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

Do not sharply rebuke an aged man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren; the elder women, as mothers; the younger, as sisters, with all purity.

Finally, be, all of one mind, have fellow feeling, love as brethren, be compassionate, be humble;

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

And the next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go to his friends, and receive their care.

And in the neighborhood of that place were lands be longing to the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who welcomed us, and entertained us kindly three days.

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we do in love toward you;

Let brotherly love continue.

If indeed ye fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," ye do well.

Clothe yourselves, therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, with compassionate affections, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Bear ye one anothers burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.

We then who are strong ought to hear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Blessed are the peacemakers; for they will be called sons of God.

Let us then strive to promote peace, and the edification of each other.

to be discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say, He hath a demon.

Sell what ye have, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which wax not old, treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth destroyeth.

Give to him that asketh of thee; and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not away.

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

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is put in danger of falling, or is made weak.

Wherefore, if food cause my brother to fall, I will eat no flesh for ever, lest I cause my brother to fall. Am I not free?

And, ye fathers, stir not up the anger of your children, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be discouraged.

And many women were there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, rendering services to him; among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

And the sabbath being over, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to view the sepulchre.

presiding well over his own house, having his children in subjection with all propriety;

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

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart, fervently;

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God, and every one that loveth hath been born of God, and knoweth God;

Let your love be unfeigned. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good.

For these, "Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet," and every other commandment, are summed up in this precept, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

In all ways I showed you that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

For ye sympathized with those in bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better and an enduring substance.

And the barbarians showed us no little kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the rain which had come on, and because of the cold.

Finally, be, all of one mind, have fellow feeling, love as brethren, be compassionate, be humble;

Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep ones self unspotted from the world.

Behold, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

But he turned and rebuked them.

But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast a stone at her.

Here moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.