Bible verses about "etiquette" | ABU

¹ JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. ² For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you. ³ And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴ Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine own eye? ⁵ Hypocrite! first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. ⁶ Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine; lest they trample them with their feet, and turn and rend you. ⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ⁸ For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. ⁹ Or what man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ¹⁰ And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? ¹² Therefore all things whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets. ¹³ Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and broad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in thereat. ¹⁴ Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leads to life, and few are they who find it. ¹⁵ Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. ¹⁶ Ye shall know them from their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ So every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit, nor a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. ²⁰ So then, from their fruits ye shall know them. ²¹ Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name do many miracles? ²³ And then will I profess to them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye who work iniquity. ²⁴ Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. ²⁶ And every one who hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it. ²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching. ²⁹ For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

¹ THEN there come to Jesus the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying: ² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. ³ And he answering said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded, saying: Honor thy father and mother; and he that curses father or mother, let him surely die. ⁵ But ye say: Whoever says to his father or his mother, It is a gift, whatever thou mightest be profited with from me, ⁶ shall not honor his father or his mother; and ye made the word of God of no effect, for the sake of your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying: ⁸ This people honor me with their lips, But their heart is far from me. ⁹ But in vain they worship me, Teaching as doctrines commandments of men. ¹⁰ And calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hear, and understand: ¹¹ Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man. ¹² Then came to him his disciples, and said to him: Knowest thou that the Pharisees, when they heard the saying, were offended? ¹³ And he answering said: Every plant, which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch. ¹⁵ And Peter answering said to him: Explain to us this parable. ¹⁶ And he said: Are ye also even yet without understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain? ¹⁸ But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things that defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defiles not the man. ²¹ And Jesus, going forth from thence, withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And behold, a woman of Canaan, coming out from those borders, cried to him, saying: Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously possessed with a demon. ²³ But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Dismiss her; because she cries after us. ²⁴ But he answering said: I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ But she came and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, help me. ²⁶ But he answering said: It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs. ²⁷ And she said: Yea, Lord; for the dogs also eat of the crumbs that fall from their masters' table. ²⁸ Then Jesus answering said to her: O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour. ²⁹ And departing from thence, Jesus came near to the sea of Galilee; and going up into the mountain, he sat down there. ³⁰ And great multitudes came to him, having with them lame, blind dumb, maimed, and many others, and laid them down at his feet, and he healed them; ³¹ so that the multitudes wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. ³² And Jesus, having called to him his disciples, said: I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I will not dismiss them fasting, lest they faint in the way. ³³ And his disciples say to him: Whence should we have so many loaves in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? ³⁴ And Jesus says to them: How many loaves have ye? And they said: Seven, and a few little fishes. ³⁵ And he commanded the multitudes to lie down on the ground. ³⁶ And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. ³⁷ And they all ate, and were filled. And they took up of the fragments that remained seven baskets full. ³⁸ And they who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And dismissing the multitudes, he entered into the ship, and came into the borders of Magdala.

²³ All things are lawful, but not all things are expedient; all things are lawful, but not all things edify.

³⁷ And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; acquit, and ye shall be acquitted.

²³ But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for such the Father seeks to worship him. ²⁴ God is spirit; and they that worship him, must worship in spirit and in truth.

¹⁶ Let not then your good be evil spoken of.

¹ I EXHORT then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; ² for kings, and all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and decorum. ³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of our Savior God; ⁴ who desires that all should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; ⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time; ⁷ whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle (I speak truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. ⁸ I desire, therefore, that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing; ⁹ in like manner also that women, in becoming apparel, adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety; not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment; ¹⁰ but, which becomes women professing godliness, by means of good works. ¹¹ Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. ¹² But I permit not the woman to teach, nor to have authority over the man, but to be in silence. ¹³ For Adam was first formed, then Eve. ¹⁴ And Adam was not deceived; but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into transgression. ¹⁵ But she shall be saved through child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.

¹² Put on therefore, as God's chosen, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

⁵ Let your forbearance be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

⁴⁰ But let all things be done decently and in order.

⁵ Walk in wisdom toward those without, redeeming the time. ⁶ Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.