What Does the Bible Say About Objective Morality?

Mark 10:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Acts 17:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. ...

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

John 17:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

Luke 12:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

Jeremiah 4:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If you return, O Israel, declares the Lord, to me you should return. If you remove your detestable things from my presence, and do not waver, and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.” For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.” Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, “Blow the trumpet through the land; cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble, and let us go into the fortified cities!’ ...

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

Genesis 49:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

Revelation 22:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

Titus 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

Galatians 5:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

1 Corinthians 12:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

1 Corinthians 12:8-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

Romans 8:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

John 10:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—

John 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Matthew 5:29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.

26 Bible Verses about Objective Morality

Mark 10:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 17:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 4:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 49:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 22:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Titus 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 5:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 12:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 12:8-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 10:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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26 Bible Verses about Objective Morality

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Mark 10:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 17:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 4:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 49:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 22:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Titus 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 5:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 12:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 12:8-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 10:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:29 ESV / 1 helpful vote