100 Bible Verses About Living a Godly Life
Bible verses about Living a Godly Life
Delve into the heart of godly living through the illuminating wisdom of scripture. These verses offer a pathway to understanding God's will and aligning our lives with His divine purpose. Embrace the transformative power of His Word as it guides you towards righteousness, shaping your thoughts, actions, and interactions. Living a godly life isn't about perfection, but about pursuing a deeper connection with God, allowing His love and grace to radiate through you. Let these verses be a source of inspiration and encouragement as you embark on this journey of faith, striving to reflect His light in every aspect of your being.
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Deuteronomy 4:18 (KJV)
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
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I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.
Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.
And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father.
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
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;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
Living a godly life, as illuminated by these verses, isn't about achieving perfection, but pursuing a Christ-centered existence marked by love, integrity, and service. They underscore the importance of inner transformation guided by the Holy Spirit, actively resisting temptation, and consistently seeking God's will. These scriptures serve as a roadmap for navigating life's complexities with faith, humility, and unwavering hope. Reflect on these verses, allowing them to challenge and inspire your daily choices. Consider how you can practically apply these principles in your relationships, work, and personal life, striving to reflect God's character in all that you do. Embrace the journey of faith, knowing that with God's grace and guidance, you can cultivate a life that honors Him and blesses others.