75 Bible Verses about ethics, personal

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

Do not put anyone to death without cause. Do not be false to the married relation. Do not take the property of another.read more.
Do not give false witness against your neighbour. Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

Do not put anyone to death without cause. Do not be false to the married relation. Do not take the property of another.read more.
Do not give false witness against your neighbour; Or let your desire be turned to your neighbour's wife, or his house or his field or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is your neighbour's.

Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good. Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward. But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:read more.
So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight. But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:

Do not make images of false gods, or put up an image cut in stone or a pillar or any pictured stone in your land, to give worship to it; for I am the Lord your God.

So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

And he said to me, See you do it not; I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: give worship to God.

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.

And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;

But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.

But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.

Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.

Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

And if the peoples of the lands come to do trade in goods or food on the Sabbath day, that we would do no trade with them on the Sabbath or on a holy day: and that in the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor.

Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.

But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband (Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord. Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right. Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward), So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.read more.
And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord. Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.

And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.

If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.

Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.

Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.

Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.

Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land. Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me; What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?