Important Bible Verses: Moral Guidelines

Making the right decision can be difficult, for although we know the right thing to do, we may prefer to choose what will satisfy our own desires rather than what God desires. When facing certain struggles, we may come to a crossroads of a moral dilemma and be unsure of what we should choose, what is right? What is wrong?  Such confusion may lead us to feel lost, confused, and angry at times. Yet, as believers who are intent on doing good in God’s eyes, let us look towards the Bible to receive direction and guidance from the word of God. 

Here are 100 verses regarding biblical moral instructions:

1. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. – 2 Peter 1:5-7, ESV
2. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, ESV
3. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. – 1 Peter 2:12, ESV
4. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. – Mark 7:21-22, ESV
5. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. – James 4:4, ESV
6. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. – 2 Timothy 3:16-17, ESV
7. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. – 2 Peter 1:8, ESV
8. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. – Galatians 5:19-20, ESV
9. It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. – John 6:63, ESV
10. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, – 2 Timothy 3:16, ESV
11. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. – 1 Peter 2:11, ESV
12. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.  – 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, ESV
13. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. – Ephesians 5:22, ESV
14. Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6, ESV
15. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. – Leviticus 19:18, ESV
16. Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33, ESV
17. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. – 1 Peter 2:12, ESV
18. But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. – Acts 5:29, ESV
19. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. – Ephesians 5:23, ESV
20. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” – Mark 7:23, ESV
21. As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. – 1 Timothy 6:17, ESV
22. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. – Romans 12:1, ESV
23. Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. – Revelation 22:15, ESV
24. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. – 2 Timothy 2:15, ESV
25. Now important as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. – Ephesians 5:24, ESV
26. Though they know God’s decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. – Romans 1:32, ESV
27. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. – 1 Timothy 6:18-19, ESV
28. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them – Romans 2:15, ESV
29. And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. – Ephesians 2:1-3, ESV
30. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. – Jeremiah 31:33, ESV
31. Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. – Colossians 3:18, ESV
32. “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. – Matthew 7:12, ESV
33. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. – 1 Peter 2:11, ESV
34. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. – Romans 12:2, ESV
35. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. – Ephesians 6:4, ESV
36. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. – 1 Corinthians 6:11, ESV
37. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. – 1 Timothy 6:10, ESV
38. My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right. – Psalm 119:172, ESV
39. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. – Romans 12:1, ESV
40. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. – Galatians 5:21, ESV
41. And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, – Mark 7:18, ESV
42. O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth! – Amos 5:7, ESV
43. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” – Mark 9:35, ESV
44. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” – Revelations 21:8, ESV
45. “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. – Luke 6:27-28, ESV
46. In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. – Judges 17:6, ESV
47. This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. – 1 Corinthians 4:1, ESV
48. Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.  – Romans 13:8, ESV
49. Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother?  For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” – Romans 14:10-11, ESV
50. Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, – 1 Peter 3:1, ESV
51. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. – Matthew 18:10, ESV
52. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! – Isaiah 5:20, ESV
53. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. – Proverbs 11:3, ESV
54. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. – 1 Corinthians 4:2, ESV
55. You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. – Matthew 5:48, ESV
56.  So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. – Romans 14:12, ESV
57. “I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. – Amos 5:21, ESV
58. Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. – 1 Corinthians 10:24, ESV
59. Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. – Romans 13:1, ESV
60. And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” – Matthew 22:37-40, ESV
61. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. – TItus 2:7-8, ESV
62. The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. – Acts 17:10-11, ESV
63. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” – Romans 13:9, ESV
64. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? – Matthew 5:43-46, ESV
65. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them. – Amos 5:22, ESV
66. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. – Philippians 4:8, ESV
67. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. – 1 John 2:15, ESV
68. Since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” – 1 Peter 1:16, ESV
69. Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. – Proverbs 10:9, ESV
70. “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. – Matthew 7:1-5, ESV
71. “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. – Matthew 6:24, ESV
72. There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. – Proverbs 14:12, ESV
73. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. – Hosea 4:6, ESV
74. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. – Proverbs 12:1, ESV
75. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. – Amos 5:23, ESV
76. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. – 1 John 1:8, ESV
77. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. – Ephesians 5:33, ESV
78. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world is the important bible verses. – James 1:27, ESV
79.  The world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. – 1 John 2:17, ESV
80. Envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. – Galatians 5:21, ESV
81. Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. – Romans 13:8, ESV
82. Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. – Hebrews 13:18, ESV
83. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. – Romans 12:2, ESV
84. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. – Matthew 6:33, ESV
85. Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. – Romans 13:10, ESV
86. “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. – John 14:15, ESV
87. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. – Amos 5:24, ESV
88. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. – John 3:16, ESV
89. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. – 1 John 2:16, ESV
90. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. – Matthew 5:27-28, ESV
91. If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  – Colossians 3:1, ESV
92. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27, ESV
93. And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. – Mark 7:20, ESV
94. For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. – 1 Corinthians 11:7, ESV
95. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, – 1 Corinthians 6:9, ESV
96. To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. – Titus 2:5, ESV
97. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. – Ephesians 5:5, ESV
98. He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. – 2 Kings 2:23-24, ESV
99.  Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth is the important bible verses. – Colossians 3:2, ESV
100. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight! – Isaiah 5:21, ESV