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100 Bible Verses about How We Should Live Our Lives

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 542 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Ephesians 4:29-32 ESV / 498 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. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Colossians 1:10 ESV / 437 helpful votes

So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Micah 6:8 ESV / 419 helpful votes

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 401 helpful votes

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. 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.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 401 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 370 helpful votes

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.

Colossians 3:12-17 ESV / 343 helpful votes

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. ...

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 334 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 302 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 284 helpful votes

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.

John 15:8 ESV / 276 helpful votes

By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 268 helpful votes

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Philippians 2:14-15 ESV / 261 helpful votes

Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 252 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

John 3:16-17 ESV / 249 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. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

2 Peter 3:1-18 ESV / 243 helpful votes

This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, ...

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 239 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 234 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 232 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Mark 12:30-31 ESV / 232 helpful votes

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Proverbs 16:1-20:30 ESV / 232 helpful votes

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished. ...

Romans 8:28 ESV / 226 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Psalm 139:23 ESV / 225 helpful votes

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 224 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 John 3:1-10 ESV / 221 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. ...

Hebrews 12:12-16 ESV / 220 helpful votes

Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 220 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.

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 219 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Matthew 19:21 ESV / 215 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 210 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

John 15:5 ESV / 209 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 209 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 208 helpful votes

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...

Luke 10:30-37 ESV / 203 helpful votes

Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ...

Luke 9:23 ESV / 203 helpful votes

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

1 Corinthians 11:1 ESV / 197 helpful votes

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 193 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

1 John 3:16 ESV / 178 helpful votes

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 175 helpful votes

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 175 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 174 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Matthew 22:37-40 ESV / 169 helpful votes

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.”

Philippians 4:4 ESV / 166 helpful votes

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

Matthew 22:37 ESV / 165 helpful votes

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.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 162 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 161 helpful votes

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 161 helpful votes

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

Matthew 6:33-34 ESV / 161 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 160 helpful votes

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

James 1:17 ESV / 156 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

John 10:10 ESV / 156 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 4:24 ESV / 155 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Luke 1:37 ESV / 155 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

John 13:15 ESV / 154 helpful votes

For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 152 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. ...

John 3:16 ESV / 151 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.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 150 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Mark 16:15 ESV / 149 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Mark 10:45 ESV / 147 helpful votes

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 144 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 140 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

Psalm 119:1-127 ESV / 129 helpful votes

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...

Matthew 11:29 ESV / 124 helpful votes

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 123 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 122 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 122 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Mark 12:30 ESV / 122 helpful votes

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Romans 8:13 ESV / 121 helpful votes

For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 120 helpful votes

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 120 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 119 helpful votes

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. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 116 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

John 6:57 ESV / 116 helpful votes

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.

1 John 2:6 ESV / 115 helpful votes

Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

Matthew 10:37-39 ESV / 115 helpful votes

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

John 15:16 ESV / 114 helpful votes

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 112 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Matthew 28:20 ESV / 112 helpful votes

Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Acts 17:28 ESV / 111 helpful votes

For “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

John 14:6 ESV / 111 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Psalm 119:89 ESV / 111 helpful votes

Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.

Philippians 1:21 ESV / 109 helpful votes

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 107 helpful votes

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

John 13:35 ESV / 107 helpful votes

By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 105 helpful votes

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV / 105 helpful votes

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 104 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Proverbs 19:21 ESV / 104 helpful votes

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 104 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

1 Peter 2:21 ESV / 103 helpful votes

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 103 helpful votes

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 103 helpful votes

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 102 helpful votes

Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 101 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 99 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Hebrews 13:7 ESV / 98 helpful votes

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 98 helpful votes

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Ephesians 5:1 ESV / 94 helpful votes

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 93 helpful votes

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

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