33 Bible Verses about Ethics

"And to you I say, Use mammon, dishonest as it is, to make yourselves friends, so that when it shall fail they will welcome you to the eternal tabernacles.

In your teaching be serious and sincere.

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope in the message which came to you of the truth of the gospel.

"Therefore everything that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

For they show that the work of the Law is written in their hearts, while their conscience bears them witness, as their reasonings accuse, or it may be defend, them,

"If any one wills to do God's will he shall know concerning my teaching, whether it is from God, or I speak my own authority. Dedicate them in thy truth; thy word is truth."

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

"The second, which is like it, is this, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Every Scripture, seeing that it is God-breathed, is also profitable for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Let not each one be always seeking his own, but rather his neighbor's good.

Do not imitate what is evil, beloved, but that which is good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has never gazed on God.

So also, my brother, you were made dead to the Law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to Him who was raised from the dead that we might bear fruit for God.

When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and when he had seated himself, his disciples came to him,

"Do not suppose that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am come not to destroy, but to fulfil.

"and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

"But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by the sky, for it is God's throne;

Let your reasonableness be recognized by every one. The Lord is near you.

We know that whoever is a child of God is not habitually committing sin; but he who is God's child guards himself, and the Evil One never touches him.

"'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;

But if you have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, do not be boasting of that, and be false to the truth.

If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ abides, seated on the right hand of God.

Honor your father and mother (this is the first commandment with a promise attached),

And as he reasoned about morality, self-control, and the future judgment, Felix was terrified, and said, "For the present go on your way, and when I find a convenient season, I will send for you."

"'Give place to this man,' and then with mortification you proceed to take the lowest place.

But you, Timothy, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aims, my faith, patience, love, endurance,

But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;