18 Bible Verses about Social duties

"Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them, otherwise at least ye have no reward with your Father Who is in Heaven.

Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me."

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it,

A religion, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulation, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

but I say to you, that every one who looks upon a woman, to lust after her, already committed adultery with her in his heart.

These are those who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.

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

So, when they breakfasted, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He says to Him, "Yea, Lord, Thou knowest that I fondly love Thee." He saith to him, "Feed My lambs."

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

And to the married I give command??ot I, but the Lord??hat the wife depart not from her husband;

the wives, to their own husbands, as to the Lord;

And, as he was reasoning about righteousness, continence, and the judgment to come, Felix, becoming terrified, answered, "Go your way for the present; and, when I obtain a suitable opportunity, I will call for you;"

And every one who strives in the games exercises self restraint in all things; they, indeed, therefore, to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

recompensing to no one evil for evil; providing things honorable in the sight of all men;

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

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

These are murmurers, complainers, walking according to their own desires; and their mouth speaks great swelling words; admiring men's persons, for the sake of profit.

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

Wherefore, having put away false-hood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor, because we are members one of another.

"But love your enemies; and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; because He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

See that no one render to any one evil for evil; but always pursue that which is good, toward one another, and toward all.

But, if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for, in doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon his head.

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he, being dead, is still speaking.

Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.

for I gave you an example, that, as I did to you, ye also should do.

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

not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves as a model to you, that ye might imitate us.

Yet, in like manner, these also, indulging in dreams, defile, indeed, the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.

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

Let every soul be in subjection to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority, except from God; and the authorities that are have been appointed by God.

in brotherly love being tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor, preferring one another;

that the proving of your faith??eing much more precious than gold that perishes, but is proved through fire??ay be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Put on, therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

Love suffers long, is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not herself, is not puffed up,

and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Masters, render justice and equity to your servants, knowing that ye also have a Master in Heaven.

But, if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for, in doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon 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 do good, that they be rich in good works, free to impart, liberal;

But, of well-doing, and contributing, be not forgetful; for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

In all things I showed you that, thus laboring, ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

communicating to the necessities of the saints; cultivating hospitality.

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

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, mild, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children not in accusation of rioting, or unruly.

if it be possible, so far as it depends on you, being at peace with all men;

Pursue peace with all, and the holiness without which no one shall see the Lord;

If anyone thinks that he is religious, while he bridles not his own tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

For, "He who wishes to love life, and to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;

Give to him asking you; and from him who wishes to borrow of you turn not away.

"But love your enemies; and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; because He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

These things have I 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, men, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that it will be even so as it has been told me.

And, all having become of good cheer, they themselves also partook of food.

Is anyone among you sick? let him call for the elders of the assembly; and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord;

naked, and ye clothed Me; I was sick, and ye looked after Me; I was in prison, and ye came to Me.'

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren: the elder women, as mothers: younger, as sisters, in all purity.

And, finally, be ye all of one mind, compassionate, loving as brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

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

And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul humanely, gave him permission to go to his friends to receive their attention.

Now, in the districts round about that place, were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, by name Publius; who, receiving us, entertained us hospitably three days.

and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, as we also do toward you,

Let brotherly love continue.

If, however, ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," ye do well;

Put on, therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

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

Now we, the strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

"Happy are the peacemakers; because they shall be called sons of God.

So, then, let us follow after the things productive of peace, and the things that tend to mutual edification.

to be sober, pure, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

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

Sell what ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses that grow not old, a treasure unfailing in Heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts;

Give to him asking you; and from him who wishes to borrow of you turn not away.

And he, answering, said to them, "Let him who has two coats share with him who has none; and let him who has food do likewise."

It is good, neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby your brother stumbles.

Wherefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will in no wise eat flesh forevermore; that I cause not my brother to stumble.

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

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

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

Now, in the end of sabbaths at the dawning toward the first day of sabbaths, came Mary Magdelene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

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

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding well over their own children and their own houses.

Having purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart earnestly;

Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

Let love be without hypocrisy; abhorring that which is evil; cleaving to that which is good;

For this, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not kill," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet;" and, if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

In all things I showed you that, thus laboring, ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Be ready to rejoice with those who rejoice; to weep with those who weep;

for ye both sympathized with those in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions; knowing that ye yourselves have a better possession and an abiding one.

And the barbarians were extending to us no ordinary kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

And, finally, be ye all of one mind, compassionate, loving as brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

A religion, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulation, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome 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, turning, He rebuked them.

And, as they continued asking Him, He, having raised Himself up, said to them, "Let the sinless one among you first cast a stone at her."

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