25 Bible Verses about piety
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intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety,
In the days of his flesh, with bitter cries and tears, he offered prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him from death; and he was heard, because of his godly fear.
(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)
they get the name of 'wisdom' with their self-imposed devotions, with their fasting, with their rigorous discipline of the body, but they are of no value, they simply pamper the flesh!
And so it is ??provided it goes with a contented spirit;
a religious man, who reverenced God with all his household, who was liberal in his alms to the People, and who constantly prayed to God.
But when Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as if we had made him walk by any power or piety of ours?
Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,
Let no one lay down rules for you as he pleases, with regard to fasting and the cult of angels, presuming on his visions and inflated by his sensuous notions,
Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.
The training of the body is of small service, but religion is of service in all directions; it contains the promise of life both for the present and for the future.
Then a certain Ananias, a devout man in the Law, who had a good reputation among all the Jewish inhabitants,
Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Symeon, an upright and devout man, who was on the outlook for the Consolation of Israel. The holy Spirit was upon him;
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem.
Now I want the men to offer prayer at any meeting of the church; and let the hands they lift to heaven be holy ??they must be free from anger and dissension.
he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, a just man, a religious man, and abstemious;
And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? ??it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."
Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you shut the Realm of heaven in men's faces; you neither enter yourselves, nor will you let those enter who are on the point of entering.
and constant friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the Truth. They imagine religion is a paying concern.
From Thematic Bible
Israel » Piety » Canaan
Piety » Examples of piety » hezekiah
Piety » Examples of piety » Jabez
Piety » Examples of Godly young men
Piety » Examples of piety » Timothy
for I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, as it dwells (I feel sure) in yourself.
Piety » Examples of piety » Enoch
Piety » Examples of piety » Noah
Piety » Examples of piety » Daniel
Piety » Examples of piety » Ananias
Then a certain Ananias, a devout man in the Law, who had a good reputation among all the Jewish inhabitants,
Piety » Examples of piety » Nathanael
Jesus saw Nathanael approaching and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite! There is no guile in him."
Piety » Examples of piety » Christ
He who sent me is at my side; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him."
Piety » Examples of piety » Simeon
Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Symeon, an upright and devout man, who was on the outlook for the Consolation of Israel. The holy Spirit was upon him;
Piety » Examples of piety » Anna
and having been a widow for eighty-four years. She was never away from the temple; night and day she worshipped, fasting and praying.