PARENTS, AND MOVING INTO ADULTHOOD
Honor your mother and father
Galatians 4:1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no better than a slave, though he is the owner of all the estate;
Galatians 4:2 but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father.
Leviticus 19:3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Deuteronomy 21:18 "If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they chastise him, will not give heed to them,
Deuteronomy 21:19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,
Deuteronomy 21:20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, `This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.'
Deuteronomy 21:21 Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall purge the evil from your midst; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Proverbs 13:1 A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Deuteronomy 27:16 "`Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'
Exodus 21:15 "Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
Exodus 21:17 "Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
Leviticus 20:9 For every one who curses his father or his mother shall be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his blood is upon him.
Matthew 15:4 For God commanded, `Honor your father and your mother,' and, `He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.'
Mark 7:10 For Moses said, `Honor your father and your mother'; and, `He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die';
Proverbs 1:8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;
Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 19:26 He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 23:22 Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 28:24 He who robs his father or his mother and says, "That is no transgression," is the companion of a man who destroys.
Honor them, but …
Matthew 10:37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
Punishment
Lamentations 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Proverbs 13:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction
Proverbs 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
Hebrews 12:7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Proverbs 3:11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof,
Proverbs 3:12 for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Proverbs 13:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.
Proverbs 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Hebrews 12:9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
Isaiah 30:1 "Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "who carry out a plan, but not mine; and who make a league, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
Isaiah 30:2 who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my counsel, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh, and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
Rulers on Earth
Ezra 7:26 Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed upon him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment."
Ecclesiastes 10:4 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for deference will make amends for great offenses.
Romans 13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,
Romans 13:4 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer.
Romans 13:5 Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.
Titus 3:1 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for any honest work,
Titus 3:2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.
Testing
Hebrews 13:9 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.
1 Peter 5:9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experience of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world.
Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Matthew 10:21 Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;
Matthew
10:22
and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end
will be saved.
Matthew 24:13 But he who endures to the end will be saved.
Mark 13:12 And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;
Mark 13:13 and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be
Philippians 1:27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Philippians 1:28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear omen to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.
1 Corinthians 16:13 Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.
Self-denial
1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his presence continually!
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Matthew 16:25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Mark 8:34 And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me
Mark 8:35 For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
Maturing
2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
2 Peter 1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.
2 Peter 1:5 For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
2 Peter 1:6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
2 Peter 1:7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
Philippians 1:9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
Philippians 1:10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
Philippians 1:11 filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Ephesians 4:11 And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
Ephesians 4:12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
Ephesians 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
Ephesians 4:14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles.
Ephesians 4:15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love.
Harmony & Equality
Acts 10:34 And Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality,
Acts 10:35 but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the LORD sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."
Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:3 For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Galatians 6:4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.
Galatians 6:5 For each man will have to bear his own load.
Galatians 6:6 Let him who is taught the word share all good things with him who teaches.
Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Galatians 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.
Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
Matthew 20:26 It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
Matthew 20:27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave;
Matthew 20:28 even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Leviticus 19:17 "You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with your neighbor, lest you bear sin because of him.
Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Luke 6:27 "But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
Titus 3:2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.
Colossians 3:11 Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.
Colossians 3:12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,
Colossians 3:13 forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Colossians 3:14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Careful who your friends are
2 John 1:10 If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
2 John 1:11 for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
Romans 16:17 I appeal to you, brethren, to take note of those who create dissensions and difficulties, in opposition to the doctrine which you have been taught; avoid them.
Romans 16:18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.
Titus 3:10 As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him,
Proverbs 22:24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
Proverbs 22:25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:14 If any one refuses to obey what we say in this letter, note that man, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
2 Thessalonians 3:15 Do not look on him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
Forgiving
Mark 11:25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."
Matthew 18:35 So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."
Matthew 6:14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you;
Matthew 6:15 but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Love of pleasure
Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the sons of men is fully set to do evil.
1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts,
1 Corinthians 6:10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness,
Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit,
Galatians 5:21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Galatians 5:23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
Luke 16:14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.
Luke 16:15 But he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God
Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said to myself, "Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?"
Ecclesiastes 2:3 I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine -- my mind still guiding me with wisdom -- and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 2:4 I made great works; I built houses and planted vineyards for myself;
Ecclesiastes 2:5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house; I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 2:8 I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces; I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, man's delight.
Ecclesiastes 2:9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.
Ecclesiastes 2:10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun:
Ecclesiastes 4:8 a person who has no one, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
Ecclesiastes 6:2 a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them; this is vanity; it is a sore affliction.
Psalm 73:1 Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart.
Psalm 73:2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had well nigh slipped.
Psalm 73:3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 73:4 For they have no pangs; their bodies are sound and sleek.
Psalm 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men are; they are not stricken like other men.
Psalm 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment
Psalm 73:7 Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies.
Psalm 73:8 They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
Psalm 73:9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
Psalm 73:10 Therefore the people turn and praise them; and find no fault in them.
Psalm 73:11 And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalm 73:12 Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches
Psalm 73:13 All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence
Psalm 73:14 For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning
Psalm 73:15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children.
Psalm 73:16 But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Psalm 73:17 until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end.
Psalm 73:18 Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin.
Psalm 73:19 How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs.
1 Timothy 6:11 But as for you, man of God, shun all this; aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Isaiah 5:11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening till wine inflames them!
Isaiah 5:12 They have lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts; but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD, or see the work of his hands.
2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
2 Timothy 3:3 inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good,
2 Timothy 3:4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
2 Timothy 3:5 holding the form of religion but denying the power of it. Avoid such people.
Inner-truth
Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, and lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.
Proverbs 3:7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.
Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him
Deuteronomy 29:18 Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations; lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit,
Deuteronomy 29:19 one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, `I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This would lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.
Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD would not pardon him, but rather the anger of the LORD and his jealousy would smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book would settle upon him, and the LORD would blot out his name from under heaven.
Isaiah 47:10 You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."
Isaiah 47:11 But evil shall come upon you, for which you cannot atone; disaster shall fall upon you, which you will not be able to expiate; and ruin shall come on you suddenly, of which you know nothing.
Jeremiah 7:8 "Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.
Jeremiah 7:9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,
Jeremiah 7:10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, `We are delivered!' -- only to go on doing all these abominations?
1 Corinthians 11:29 For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself.
1 Corinthians 11:30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
1 Corinthians 11:31 But if we judged ourselves truly, we should not be judged.
1 Corinthians 11:32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
Psalm 77:6 I commune with my heart in the night; I meditate and search my spirit
Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
Proverbs 21:30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the LORD.
Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
2 Kings 19:27 "But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
2 Kings 19:28 Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.
Psalm 139:1 O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me!
Psalm 139:2 Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Psalm 139:4 Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Psalm 142:3 When my spirit is faint, thou knowest my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
Proverbs 5:21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he watches all his paths.
Proverbs 5:22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.
Proverbs 5:23 He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is lost.
Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
Jeremiah 23:24 Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.
Ezekiel 11:5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and he said to me, "Say, Thus says the LORD: So you think, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
James 4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind.
Ashamed of God
Matthew 12:32 And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come
Matthew 10:32 So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;
Matthew 10:33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming
Mark 8:38 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
1 Peter 4:14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
1 Peter 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker;
1 Peter 4:16 yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.
Put others first
Leviticus 25:35 "And if your brother becomes poor, and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall maintain him; as a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.
Leviticus 25:36 Take no interest from him or increase, but fear your God; that your brother may live beside you.
Exodus 22:25 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, and you shall not exact interest from him.
Exodus 22:26 If ever you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down;
Exodus 22:27 for that is his only covering, it is his mantle for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
Proverbs 27:14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
Philippians 2:4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Romans 14:19 Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding
Jeremiah 29:7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
Actions
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done.
Titus 2:2 Bid the older men be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
Titus 2:3 Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,
Titus 2:4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
Titus 2:5 to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited.
Titus 2:6 Likewise urge the younger men to control themselves.
Titus 2:7 Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity,
Titus 2:8 and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.
Philippians 2:14 Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
Philippians 2:15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
Philippians 2:16 holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
Acts 6:4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
1 Timothy 2:8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
1 Timothy 2:9 also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire
1 Timothy 2:10 but by good deeds, as befits women who profess religion.
Luke 16:10 "He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
Colossians 3:23 Whatever your task, work heartily, as serving the Lord and not men,
Colossians 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you are serving the Lord Christ.
Isaiah 33:15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil,
Isaiah 33:16 he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him, his water will be sure.
James 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing.
James 1:26 If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain.
James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Exo. 20:17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on?
Exo 20:18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man.
Exo 20:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
Exo 20:20 These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
1 Samuel 2:3 Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed
Proverbs 20:11 Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right
Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment
Justice
Jeremiah 22:3 Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
Proverbs 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
2 Timothy 2:5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
2 Timothy 2:6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops
Exodus 23:1 "You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness.
Exodus 23:7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Leviticus 19:15 "You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous
Proverbs 17:15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Anger
Psalm 4:4 Be angry, but sin not; commune with your own hearts on your beds, and be silent.
Proverbs 12:16 The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent man ignores an insult.
Proverbs 14:17 A man of quick temper acts foolishly, but a man of discretion is patient.
Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 16:29 A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 25:28 A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Proverbs 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Remember what you know
Proverbs 3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 3:2 for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare will they give you.
Proverbs 3:3 Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Deuteronomy 4:9 "Only take heed, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children's children
Deuteronomy 8:11 "Take heed lest you forget the LORD your God, by not keeping his commandments and his ordinances and his statutes, which I command you this day:
Joshua 24:20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having done you good."
Psalm 44:20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
Psalm 44:21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Proverbs 4:1 Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight;
Proverbs 4:2 for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.
Proverbs 7:1 My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
Proverbs 7:2 keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;
Proverbs 7:3 bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 15:5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who heeds admonition is prudent.
Proverbs 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.
Proverbs 19:20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future
Proverbs 23:12 Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
2 Timothy 3:14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
2 Timothy 3:15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
James 4:17 Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Luke 12:47 And that servant who knew his master's will, but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall receive a severe beating.
Luke 12:48 But he who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.
2 Thessalonians 3:13 Brethren, do not be weary in well-doing.
2 Timothy 1:13 Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus;
2 Timothy 1:14 guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.
Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
1 John 2:24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.
Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon; hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
Hebrews 3:12 Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 6:5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,
Hebrews 6:6 if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.
Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
2 Peter 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2 Peter 2:21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
Proverbs 3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Don’t…
Titus 3:9 But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile.
2 Timothy 2:14 Remind them of this, and charge them before the Lord to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
2 Timothy 2:16 Avoid such godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
2Timothy 2:17(a) Romans 12:19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
2 Timothy 2:22 So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:23 Have nothing to do with stupid, senseless controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
Matthew 7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
Matthew 7:4 Or how can you say to your brother, `Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?
Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Romans 2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are, when you judge another; for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.
Matthew 6:1 "Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:2 "Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Matthew 6:3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Matthew 6:4 so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:5 "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:7 "And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Matthew 6:8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Words to live by
Proverbs 6:16 There are six things which the LORD hates, seven which are an abomination to him:
Proverbs 6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
Proverbs 6:19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.
Psalm 119:9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word.
1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be babes in evil, but in thinking be mature.
Proverbs 22:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Romans 12:12 Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice always,
1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray constantly,
1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Luke 6:31 And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not quench the Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 5:20 do not despise prophesying,
1 Thessalonians 5:21 but test everything; hold fast what is good,
1 Thessalonians 5:22 abstain from every form of evil.
Proverbs 27:19 As in water face answers to face, so the mind of man reflects the man.
Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; never be conceited.
Proverbs 14:16 A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.
Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.