30 Bible Verses about behavior

You married women, in the same way, must be submissive to your husbands, so that, if any of them do not believe the message, they may be won over without a word through the living of the wives,

when they see how chaste and respectful you are.

so that, if I am detained, you may know how people ought to conduct themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him show by his noble living that his good deeds are done in humility, which wisdom prompts.

Keep on living upright lives among the heathen, so that, when they slander you as evildoers, by what they see of your good deeds they may come to praise God on the judgment day.

For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

Let no one think little of you because you are young, but always set an example for believers, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

Stop living in accordance with the customs of this world, but by the new ideals that mold your minds continue to transform yourselves, so as to find and follow God's will; that is, what is good, well-pleasing to Him, and perfect.

and keep your conscience clear, so that those who bitterly abuse your excellent conduct as Christians may be ashamed of slandering you.

but in accordance with the Holy Being who has called you, you must prove to be holy too,

For civil authorities are not a terror to the man who does right, but they are to the man who does wrong. Do you want to have no dread of the civil authorities? Then practice doing right and you will be commended for it.

So you, who were once estranged from Him, and hostile in disposition as shown by your wrongdoings, He has now reconciled

In everything you yourself continue to set them a worthy example of doing good; be sincere and serious in your teaching,

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

Yes, you must practice dealing with others as you would like them to deal with you.

Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I laid aside my childish ways.

Practice living prudently in your relations with outsiders, making the most of your opportunities.

Do not be so misled: "Evil companionships corrupt good character."

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk where the Spirit leads.

Continue shunning worldly, futile phrases, for they lead on to greater depths of godlessness,

This is the way to distinguish God's children from the devil's children. No one who fails to do right is God's child, and no one who fails to love his brother.

You must continue telling the people what is proper for wholesome teaching:

each elder must be above reproach, have only one wife, and his children must not be liable to the charge of profligacy or disobedience.

They are astonished that you are not still rushing hand in hand with them into the same excesses of profligate living, and they abuse you for it;

You must not forget your former leaders, for it was they who brought you the message of God. Consider how they closed their lives; imitate their faith.

Deacons, too, must be serious, sincere in their talk, not addicted to strong drink or dishonest gain,

so that you may live influentially with the outsiders, and not be dependent on anybody.

Dearly beloved, do not follow bad examples but good ones. Whoever practices doing right is God's child; whoever practices doing wrong has never seen God.

Although they know full well God's sentence that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only practice them but even applaud others who do them.