27 Bible Verses about Social duties
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Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.
Ye shall not steal, and ye shall not deal falsely, and ye shall not lie one to another.
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and fulfil to her the brother-in-law's duty, and raise up seed to thy brother.
and your having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above him. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.
And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
For the rest, brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the might of his strength.
A woman comes out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to fulfil its lusts.
and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.
Have also the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;
For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons.
If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things which are above, where the Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God:
Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,
For this reason take to you the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having accomplished all things, to stand.
Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men;
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Social duties » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
And if thy brother grow poor, and he be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, be he stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee.
If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
She stretcheth out her hand to the afflicted, and she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.
Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Husbands' duties
When a man hath newly taken a wife, he shall not go out with the army, neither shall any kind of business be imposed upon him; he shall be free for his house one year, and shall gladden his wife whom he hath taken.
Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,
And Man said, This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of a man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.
Social duties » Compassion » Duty to widow and fatherless
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment.
Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.
and the Levite for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Social duties » Compassion » Conjugal love
As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins, and he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
And Isaac led her into his mother Sarah's tent; and he took Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after the death of his mother.
And he went in also to Rachel; and he loved also Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet seven other years.
Social duties » Brotherly love » Chastity
But I say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
These are they who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb wheresoever it goes. These have been bought from men as first-fruits to God and to the Lamb:
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up;
Social duties » In relation to food in relation to speech » Wives' duties
She surveyeth the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
that they may admonish the young women to be attached to their husbands, to be attached to their children,
and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm for it is great all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least.
But to the married I enjoin, not I, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;
Social duties » Temperance pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee; and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee;
But every one that contends for a prize is temperate in all things: they then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Kind words
A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.
And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them.
The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity: just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
recompensing to no one evil for evil: providing things honest before all men:
Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.
Social duties » Of impartiality » Partiality forbidden
I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing by favour.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.
These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Social duties » In relation to food in relation to speech » Truthfulness
Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;
The remnant of Israel shall not work unrighteousness, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: but they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of returning good for evil, encouraged
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving it to him: thou shalt certainly loosen it with him.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all;
If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of good example
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks.
Take as an example, brethren, of suffering and having patience, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord.
for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.
For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:
not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.
Social duties » In relation to food in relation to speech » To honour rulers
And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Jehovah's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.
Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.
Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above him. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.
Thou shalt not revile the judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Kindness, encouraged
as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:
that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Justice, encouraged
Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Social duties » Compassion » Duty to enemies
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.
If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you,
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Human, examples of
And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over; the king also himself passed over the torrent Kidron, and all the people passed over, towards the way of the wilderness.
and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother.
Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » Paul's exhortation
to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,
But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith.
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Peaceableness, the righteous cultivate the spirit of
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for quietness pacifieth great offences.
But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.
if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.
Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of restraining the tongue
If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of lending
To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.
but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacketh.
all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.
It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
Social duties » Brotherly love » Cheerfulness, the duty of
These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world.
A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Wherefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that thus it shall be, as it has been said to me.
Social duties » In relation to food in relation to speech » Visitation of sick
Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.
And Elisha fell sick of his sickness in which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, My father, my father! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!
naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
And king Joram returned to be healed in Jizreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab at Jizreel, for he was sick.
Social duties » Parental parental duties » The correction of children
Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him.
Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Reverence for aged, general references to
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren, elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Justice » The poor » Encouraged
A king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
Social duties » Parental parental duties » To teach
and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Social duties » Compassion » Courtesy, general references to
Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;
Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, so as to know how ye ought to answer each one.
And the next day we arrived at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and suffered him to go to his friends and refresh himself.
Now in the country surrounding that place were the lands belonging to the chief man of the island, by name Publius, who received us and gave us hospitality three days in a very friendly way.
Social duties » Parental parental duties » To train
Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, who faint from hunger at the top of all the streets.
Social duties » Brotherly love » Abounding
But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,
If indeed ye keep the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Burden-bearing
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Law from the nazarites
he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink: he shall drink no vinegar of wine, nor vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat grapes, fresh or dried.
ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am Jehovah your God.
Therefore beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Peacemaking
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
So then let us pursue the things which tend to peace, and things whereby one shall build up another.
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Admonitions concerning abiding at home
And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.
Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Daniel's temperance principles
And Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not pollute himself with the king's delicate food, nor with the wine which he drank; and he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not have to pollute himself.
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three full weeks were fulfilled.
For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » Christ's commands
Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.
And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
Social duties » Masters' duties » Prompt payment of wages
Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, neither rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » The wise man's advice
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Brotherly love demands
It is right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor do anything in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
Wherefore if meat be a fall-trap to my brother, I will eat no flesh for ever, that I may not be a fall-trap to my brother.
Social duties » Parental parental duties » To nurture
And ye fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
Social duties » Compassion » Mary magdalene and other women
And there were there many women beholding from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him, among whom was Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Now late on sabbath, as it was the dusk of the next day after sabbath, came Mary of Magdala and the other Mary to look at the sepulchre.
Social duties » Compassion » Jonathan
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
And Ittai answered the king and said, As Jehovah liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
Social duties » Parental parental duties » To control
conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of david
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can stretch forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?
And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? Should there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
Social duties » Brotherly love » Fervent
Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;
Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
Social duties » Brotherly love » Sincere
For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Helpfulness
I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Social duties » Compassion » The barbarians
For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.
But the barbarians shewed us no common kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.
Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Visitation of the needy
Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » The workmen under hilkiah
they gave it to the carpenters and the builders, to buy hewn stone, and timber for the joists, and to floor the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed. And the men did the work faithfully. And over them were appointed Jahath and Obadiah, Levites, of the children of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the children of the Kohathites, for the oversight; and all these Levites were skilled in instruments of music.
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » Moses injunction
If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty; thou shalt certainly furnish him from thy sheep, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of what Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee with shalt thou give unto him.
Social duties » Parental parental duties » To provide for
Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of Christ
But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast the stone at her.
Social duties » Compassion » Constancy, examples of
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
Social duties » Compassion » Certain leaders in israel
And the men that have been expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on asses, and brought them to Jericho the city of palm-trees, to their brethren. And they returned to Samaria.
Social duties » Brotherly love » Impartial
And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Required of stewards
Here, further, it is sought in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Encouraged upon the priests
Thou shalt not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, lest ye die it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations,
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The wise man's injunction
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Nehemiah's treasurers
And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and subordinate to them, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were esteemed faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren.
Social duties » Masters' duties » Just dealing
Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of saul
But Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for to-day Jehovah has wrought deliverance in Israel.
Social duties » Compassion » Onesiphorus
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain;
Social duties » Brotherly love » Unselfish
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The law of the rechabites
And they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, ye nor your sons for ever;
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Rule for kings
It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to say, Where is the strong drink?
Social duties » Fidelity in business » The workmen under jehoiada
And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the money to be bestowed on workmen; for they dealt faithfully.
Social duties » Masters' duties » Refraining from threats
And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.
Social duties » Compassion » The good samaritan
But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing him, was moved with compassion, and came up to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and having put him on his own beast, took him to the inn and took care of him.
Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Fellow-feeling for the unfortunate
Remember prisoners, as bound with them; those that are evil-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Of joseph
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and took cognizance of nothing with him, save the bread that he ate. And Joseph was of a beautiful form and of a beautiful countenance.
Social duties » Masters' duties » Consideration for employees
If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me, What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?
Social duties » Mercifulness » of Elisha
And he said, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Solomon
And Solomon said, If he be a worthy man, there shall not one of his hairs fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.
Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Benevolence
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » The prophet's words
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Social duties » Fidelity in business » of moses
And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after;
Social duties » Compassion » Priscilla and aquila
(who for my life staked their own neck; to whom not I only am thankful, but also all the assemblies of the nations,)
Social duties » Compassion » Elisha
And Elijah said to Elisha, Abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee! So they went down to Bethel.
Social duties » Compassion » Pharaoh's daughter
And she opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
Social duties » Brotherly love » Christ's love the standard of
Social duties » Brotherly love » Proof of discipleship
By this shall all know that ye are disciples of mine, if ye have love amongst yourselves.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Of daniel
Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault; inasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Social duties » Compassion » The philippian jailor
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed them from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.
Social duties » Compassion » Thomas
Thomas therefore, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
Social duties » Compassion » Christ
Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » John the baptist a total abstainer
For he shall be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Social duties » Parental parental duties » To love
that they may admonish the young women to be attached to their husbands, to be attached to their children,
Social duties » Compassion » Job
The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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