75 Bible Verses about ethics, personal

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Exodus 20:13-17

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.

Deuteronomy 5:17-21

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.'

Romans 12:9-10

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil and cling to good. Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another.

1 Timothy 5:10

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.

Matthew 6:1-4

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.

Exodus 21:13-14

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.

Matthew 5:22

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).

Exodus 20:4

Do not make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.

Deuteronomy 5:8

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:

Joshua 24:14

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.

Revelation 22:9

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.

Deuteronomy 28:58

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.

Luke 11:2

He said: When you pray say, 'Father holy (sacred) (sanctified) (blessed) (consecrated) is your name. Let your kingdom come.

James 5:12

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.

Deuteronomy 5:12

Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it (keep it holy), as Jehovah your God has commanded you.

Exodus 31:15

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.

Leviticus 26:2

Keep the religious festivals and honor the place where I am worshiped. I am Jehovah.

Nehemiah 10:31

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.

Isaiah 56:2

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.

Deuteronomy 26:16

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.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

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.

Colossians 3:18-19

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Ephesians 6:1-4

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.

Colossians 3:20-21

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.

Leviticus 25:10

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.

Numbers 36:8

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,

Deuteronomy 25:5

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.

1 Samuel 20:29

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.'

Exodus 21:2

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.

1 Timothy 6:1

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.

Titus 2:9

Servants should to be in subjection to their masters (overseers) (employers). They should please them in all things and not talk back.

1 Peter 2:18

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.

Deuteronomy 24:14-15

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.

Job 31:13-14

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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