What Does the Bible Say About Manners?

Luke 6:31 ESV / 70 helpful votes

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

1 Peter 3:8 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Proverbs 23:1 ESV / 28 helpful votes

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,

Leviticus 19:32 ESV / 28 helpful votes

“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Romans 12:10 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 17 helpful votes

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.

Proverbs 18:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes

From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

1 Corinthians 10:27 ESV / 13 helpful votes

If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Luke 6:32 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

Luke 7:44 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Genesis 18:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

17 Bible Verses about Manners