75 Bible Verses about ethics, personal
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Do for others the same as you would have them to do for you. That is the meaning of the Law and the Prophets.
The second like it is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
The second is you should love your neighbor as yourself. No other commandment is greater than these. (Leviticus 19:18)
Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal.read more.
Do not (lie) accuse anyone falsely. Do not covet (desire) another man's house. Do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.
Do not kill. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal.read more.
Do not bear false witness against another man. Do not desire another man's wife; do not covet another man's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his donkey, or any thing that belongs to him.'
Do not seek revenge. Never hold a grudge against any of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am Jehovah.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil and cling to good. Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
having a good reputation for good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the holy ones, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, brotherly, tenderhearted, and humble.
Be careful! Do not display your righteousness (good works) before men to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward with your heavenly Father. Do not loudly announce it when you give to the poor. The hypocrites do this in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do this to be praised by men. Believe me, they have already been paid in full. When you give gifts, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.read more.
Your giving will be in secret and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
If you did not intend to kill someone and I, Jehovah, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside. If a man schemes and kills a man deliberately remove him from my altar and put him to death.
Now I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother [without cause] shall be guilty before the court. Whoever speaks to his brother with words of contempt shall receive condemnation before the Sanhedrin [Supreme Court]. Curse your brother and you will be guilty enough to be destroyed by fire, with the burning trash, at the Valley of Hinnom, outside of Jerusalem (Greek: Gehenna).
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
Then evil desires, when conceived, give birth to sin: and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
Do not make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.
Do not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above, or on the earth below, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Do not make idols or set up statues, stone pillars, or carved stones to worship. I am Jehovah your God!
Honor Jehovah and serve him sincerely and in truth. Get rid of the gods that your ancestors used to worship in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve only Jehovah.
They said: Sirs, why do you do these things? We are only men like you. We bring you good news. You should turn from these worthless things to the living God. He is the God who made heaven and earth, the sea and all things.
He said to me: Do not do that, for I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and of those who obey the words of this book: worship God.
Never use the name of Jehovah your God in a false and evil way. Jehovah will make sure that anyone who is false, evil, careless and vain with his name will be punished.
Do not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. Jehovah will not leave him unpunished who takes his name in vain.
Do not swear falsely by my name, so as to profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.
You might not faithfully obey every word of the teachings that are written in this book. You might not respect this glorious and awe inspiring name: JEHOVAH your God.
Our Father in heaven, holy is your name. (Exodus 6:3) (Psalm 83:18) (Isaiah 42:8; 54:5; 63:16; 64:8)
He said: When you pray say, 'Father holy (sacred) (sanctified) (blessed) (consecrated) is your name. Let your kingdom come.
Above all things, my brothers do not swear by heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath. Let your Yes be Yes and your No be No. That way you will not fall under judgment.
Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it (keep it holy), as Jehovah your God has commanded you.
Work may be done for six days. The seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest. It is holy to Jehovah. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day will definitely be put to death.
You may work six days. On the seventh day you must not work. Even during the time of plowing or harvesting you must not work on this day.
Keep the religious festivals and honor the place where I am worshiped. I am Jehovah.
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. In the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor.
Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
This day Jehovah your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your being.
Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. He who does the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
This is the reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife. They will become one flesh.
A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or charged with any duty. He shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to the wife he has married.
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined together, let no man pull apart (separate)!
To the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord commands do not let the wife depart from her husband. If she leaves, let her remain unmarried or become reconciled to her husband. A husband should not divorce his wife.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
In like manner, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands. Even if your husband does not obey God's word, he may be won without a word by observing the way you live.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise. Then it will go well with you, and you may live long on the earth.read more.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of God.
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.
He who strikes (beats) his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Jehovah gave the following regulations. Any of you that curse your father or mother shall be put to death. You are responsible for your own death.
Carefully teach them to your sons. Talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way. Speak about them when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Correct your son while there is hope. Do not contribute to his death.
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Listen to your father who gave you life. Do not despise your mother when she is old.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing in the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, that they not be discouraged.
one who manages well his own house, having his children in subjection with all seriousness;
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show righteousness towards their own family, and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
If any do not provide for his own, and specially his own household, he denies the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
In this way you will set the fiftieth year apart and proclaim freedom to all the inhabitants of the land. During this year all property that has been sold must be restored to the original owner or the descendants, and any who have been sold as slaves may return to their families.
Every woman who inherits property in an Israelite tribe must marry a man belonging to that tribe. In this way all Israelites will inherit the property of their ancestors,
When brothers live together and one of them dies without a son the wife of the deceased shall not marry outside the family to a strange man. Her husband's brother shall marry her and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
David said to me: 'Please let me go, since our family must make a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to attend. If I have found favor in your sight, please let me get away that I may see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table.'
Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, respecting God.
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
When you buy a Hebrew slave he will be your slave for six years. In the seventh year he may leave as a free man without paying for his freedom.
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.
Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the teachings will not be blasphemed.
Servants should to be in subjection to their masters (overseers) (employers). They should please them in all things and not talk back.
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle master but also to the hard to please.
Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.
Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns. Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin.
If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
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