25 Bible Verses About Doing What Is Right (NIV)

¹⁶ At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me: ¹⁷ "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. ¹⁸ When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. ¹⁹ But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself. ²⁰ "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. ²¹ But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning, and you will have saved yourself."

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

¹⁷ Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.

¹⁹ My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

¹ Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children

¹² So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

⁹ Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

²⁴ Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment."

¹² When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

¹³ "No servant can serve two masters. 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 both God and Money."

⁶ But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

¹⁷ And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

¹⁶ All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

¹³ I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

⁸ He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

¹⁰ For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

²¹ For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.

⁷ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--

² O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

¹³ No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

³¹ So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

¹³ All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.

¹⁵ Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.