Moral & Ethical Living Bible Verses

PROVERBS 28:6

Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich. ...

ISAIAH 33:15-16

Isaiah 33:15: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Isaiah 33:16: He shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.
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PROVERBS 16:11

A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work. ...

LUKE 9:48

And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. ...

PROVERBS 25:27

[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory. ...

PROVERBS 28:25

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. ...

1 CORINTHIANS 9:6-14

1 Corinthians 9:6: Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
1 Corinthians 9:7: Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
1 Corinthians 9:8: Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
1 Corinthians 9:9: For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
1 Corinthians 9:10: Or saith he [it] altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, [this] is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
1 Corinthians 9:11: If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
1 Corinthians 9:12: If others be partakers of [this] power over you, [are] not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:13: Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live [of the things] of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
1 Corinthians 9:14: Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
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1 TIMOTHY 5:8

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. ...

PROVERBS 28:27

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. ...

EXODUS 23:1-3

Exodus 23:1: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Exodus 23:2: # Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:
Exodus 23:3: # Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
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MATTHEW 23:23

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. ...

JAMES 2:13

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. ...

1 PETER 5:5-6

1 Peter 5:5: Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1 Peter 5:6: Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
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ROMANS 12:10

[Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; ...

ROMANS 14:19

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. ...