28 Bible Verses about piety

in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

and to knowledge holiness; and to holiness patience; and patience, godliness;

and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness divine love.

having a form of godliness, but denying the power of the same: and from these turn away.

Who in the days of his flesh, having with strong crying and tears offered up both prayers and supplications unto him who is able to save him from death, and having been heard on account of his piety,

but reject the unsanctified and silly stories: but exercise yourself unto godliness.

But if any widow has children, or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own house, and to give benefactions to their ancestors: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Which indeed are having a word of wisdom in will worship, and humiliation, and austerity of the body; not in any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

for kings and all who are in authority; in order that we may lead a peaceable and quiet life in all godliness and honesty.

So you also appear unto the people indeed righteous, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Godliness with contentment is great gain,

devout, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying to God always;

And Peter seeing them, responded to the people; Israelitish men, why are you astonished at this, or why do you look upon us as having by our own power or holiness, made this man to walk about?

But take heed that you do not your righteousness before the people, in order to be seen by them: else you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens:

Let no one purposely rob you of your prize by humiliation and worship of the angels, trusting in those things which he has seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his depravity,

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

For bodily exercise is profitable unto little; but godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

And a certain Ananias, a man godly according to the law, and of good report by all the Jews dwelling there,

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and the same man was righteous and godly, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him;

So indeed faith, if it may not have works, is dead, as to itself.

for the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptations, and to keep the unrighteous unto the day of judgment enduring punishment:

And Jews were dwelling at Jerusalem, devout men from every nation, of those under the heaven;

Therefore I wish that men in every place would all pray, holding up holy hands, without wrath and doubting:

but hospitable, loving the good, prudent, righteous, holy, temperate;

And assuredly great is the mystery of godliness; Who is manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens against the people: for you do not go in, neither do you permit those coming in to enter.

wranglings of men having been corrupted as to their mind and turned away from the truth, considering that gain is godliness.

but whatsoever becomes women professing godliness, through good works.