18 Bible Verses about Social duties

But take heed not to perform your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise indeed, you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Jesus said to him, If you will be perfect, go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven; and come and follow me.

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

Pure religion and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to visit the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.

but I tell you, that every one who looks on a woman to desire her inordinately, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins; these are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from men a first fruit to God and the Lamb,

For this is the will of God, your purity, that you should abstain from fornication,

When therefore they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I am a friend to you. He said to him, Feed my lambs.

that they may instruct the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

But the married I charge, not I, but the Lord, Let not a wife separate from her husband,

Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord,

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.

And every one that contends in the games is temperate in all things, they indeed to obtain a perishable crown, we an imperishable.

Render evil for evil to no one, provide things honorable in the sight of all men;

Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law.

I charge you before God, and Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing from partiality.

These are complainers, censorious, walking after their inordinate desires, and their mouth speaks proud words, showing admiration of persons for the sake of gain.

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

Wherefore, laying aside lying let every one speak the truth to his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Most High; for he is good to the unthankful and evil.

See that no one renders evil for evil, but always pursue the good both one to another and to all.

If therefore your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for doing this you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, through which he was declared to be righteous, God testifying to his gifts, and through the same, having died, he speaks still.

You have the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, my brothers, as an example of patience and long-suffering.

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

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you a copy that you should follow his steps,

not that we have not a right [to a support], but that we may make ourselves an example for you to follow us.

In like manner also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject government, and blaspheme glories.

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

Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God.

be kindly disposed one to another with brotherly love, in honor prefer one another,

that the trial of your faith, which is much more precious than gold that is destroyed but proved by fire, may be found to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Put on, therefore, as elect and beloved saints of God, hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering,

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up,

But be kind one to another, merciful, giving one to another, as God also in Christ gave to you.

Masters, render to your servants what is just and equal, knowing also that you have a master in heaven.

If therefore your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for doing this you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you;

Jesus wept.

And many of the Jews came to those with Martha and Mary, to console them for their brother.

to perform good works, to be rich in good works, to be liberal, benevolent,

And forget not beneficence and liberality; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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

contribute to the necessity of saints, practise hospitality.

As we have opportunity, therefore, let us do good to all, but especially to the members of the family of the faith.

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

if any one is blameless, a husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of intemperance or of insubordination.

if possible, as much as may be in your power, live peaceably with all men,

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

But if any one among you thinks he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his mind, that man's religion is vain.

For he that will love life and see good days, let him withhold his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,

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

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Most High; for he is good to the unthankful and evil.

These things have I told you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.

Wherefore, men, be of good courage; for I believe God, that it will be as he has told me;

And all being in good spirits they also partook of food;

if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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

Rebuke not an aged man, but entreat him as a father, the younger men as brothers, the aged women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.

Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising, loving as brothers, compassionate, humble,

Let your words always be with kindness, seasoned with salt, that you may know how to answer every one.

and on the next day we came to Sidon, and Julius treating Paul with humanity allowed him to go to his friends, and receive attention.

Near that place were the lands of the first man in the island, whose name was Poplius, who received and entertained us kindly three days.

and the Lord cause you to be full and abound with love one to another and to all men, as we also to you,

Let brotherly love continue.

If you keep indeed the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well;

Put on, therefore, as elect and beloved saints of God, hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering,

Bear one another's burdens, and so perform the law of Christ.

And we, the strong, ought to bear the infirmities of those who are not strong, and not to please ourselves.

Blessed are the peace makers, for they shall be called children of God.

Let us therefore pursue the things of peace and those which edify one another.

sober, pure, fond of home, kind, subject to their husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

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

Sell your property and bestow charity; make yourselves purses that become not old, and a treasury that fails not, in heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys;

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

And he answered and said to them, Let him that has two coats give to him that has none; and let him that has food do the same.

it is good not to eat meat nor drink wine, nor [do] any thing by which your brother stumbles.

Wherefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no meat forever, that I may not offend my brother.

And, fathers, provoke not your children, but bring them up in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Fathers, be not fault-finding with your children, that they be not discouraged.

And there were many women there, beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, to wait upon him; among whom were Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

And after the sabbath, when it began to dawn on the first day of the week, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the tomb.

ruling well his own house, having his children in subjection with all dignity,??5 but if any one knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God???6 not a novice, lest being inflated with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

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

Having purified your souls by obeying the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another fervently, from the heart,

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loves has been born of God and knows God.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which is good,

For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not desire inordinately, and if there is any other commandment, it is summarily comprehended in this word; You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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

Rejoice with the rejoicing, weep with the weeping.

For you sympathized with those in bonds, and received with joy the plunder of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession, and one that endures.

And the barbarians showed us no ordinary humanity; for kindling a fire they received us all, on account of the rain which was falling, and the cold.

Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising, loving as brothers, compassionate, humble,

Pure religion and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to visit the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.

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

And he turned around and rebuked them; and they went to another village.

And when they continued asking him, rising up, he said to them, Let him that has not sinned among you first cast the stone at her.

But, moreover, it is required of stewards that one should be found faithful.

Masters, render to your servants what is just and equal, knowing also that you have a master in heaven.

May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains,

And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

And, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing also that their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

But a certain Samaritan, on a journey, came where he was, and seeing him had compassion on him; and he came and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and putting him on his own beast, brought him to a khan, and took care of him.

Remember those bound as bound with them, and those injured as being yourselves also in the body.

And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of things to be spoken;

who exposed their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the nations;

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

By this shall all know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately,

Then Thomas, who is called The twin, said to the fellow disciples, Let us go also, that we may die with him.

AND before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own in the world he loved them to the end.

for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall not drink wine and strong drink, but shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth;

that they may instruct the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,