100 Bible Verses About Ethics

I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Neither shalt thou steal.

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not steal.

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.