100 Bible Verses About Duty

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord.

Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.

And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.

That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord 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.

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord.

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the Lord’s tribute was threescore and one.

And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.

And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.

There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.