10 Bible Verses about Etiquette
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Now every girl, when her turn came, had to go in to King Ahasuerus, after undergoing, for a space of twelve months, what was ordered by the law for the women (for this was the time necessary for making them clean, that is, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet perfumes and such things as are needed for making women clean):
Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.
Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great: For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.
Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.
He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.
I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.