35 Bible Verses About Moral Living

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

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

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

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

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

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

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.