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Bible Verses about “how to act”

The Bible contains 50 verses about how to act across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.

John 3:16
2236 votes

“‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›”

Proverbs 22:6
1017 votes

“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Philippians 4:13
996 votes

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Romans 12:1
883 votes

“¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.”

John 3:17
848 votes

“‹For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.›”

1 Peter 3:3
834 votes

“Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;”

Romans 8:28
709 votes

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.”

Revelation 1:1
692 votes

“¶ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:”

1 Peter 3:4
669 votes

“But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”

2 Timothy 2:15
648 votes

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

1 Peter 3:7
641 votes

“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”

1 Corinthians 13:13
586 votes

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.”

Matthew 7:1
565 votes

“¶ ‹Judge not, that ye be not judged.›”

1 Corinthians 13:3
528 votes

“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”

Matthew 7:2
485 votes

“‹For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.›”

James 1:5
480 votes

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”

Matthew 7:3
453 votes

“‹And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?›”

Matthew 7:5
438 votes

“‹Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.›”

Matthew 7:4
423 votes

“‹Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam› [is] ‹in thine own eye?›”

1 Peter 3:15
409 votes

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:”

1 Peter 3:1
376 votes

“¶ Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”

Colossians 3:17
349 votes

“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”

1 Peter 3:5
308 votes

“For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:”

Colossians 3:2
288 votes

“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”

1 Peter 3:2
271 votes

“While they behold your chaste conversation [coupled] with fear.”

1 Peter 3:8
262 votes

“¶ Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:”

Micah 6:8
257 votes

“He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

Matthew 7:6
257 votes

“‹Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.›”

1 Peter 3:6
249 votes

“Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.”

1 Peter 3:9
212 votes

“Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.”

1 Peter 3:18
206 votes

“¶ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”

1 Peter 3:21
204 votes

“¶ The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:”

1 Peter 3:10
194 votes

“For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:”

1 Peter 3:20
175 votes

“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”

1 Peter 3:16
172 votes

“¶ Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.”

1 Peter 3:19
172 votes

“By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;”

1 Peter 3:22
170 votes

“Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.”

1 Peter 3:12
157 votes

“For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.”

1 Peter 3:11
148 votes

“Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.”

1 Peter 3:17
137 votes

“For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.”

1 Peter 3:14
134 votes

“But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;”

1 Peter 3:13
121 votes

“And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?”

Hebrews 4:16
101 votes

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

1 Timothy 5:22
61 votes

“Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.”

Mark 4:8
25 votes

“‹And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.›”

Mark 4:9
21 votes

“And he said unto them, ‹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.›”

Mark 4:6
20 votes

“‹But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.›”

Mark 4:1
18 votes

“¶ And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.”

Mark 4:2
18 votes

“And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,”

Mark 4:3
18 votes

“‹Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:›”

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