19 Bible Verses about Lifestyles

What fruit had you therefore then in things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of them is death.

For what the law could not do because it was weak through the flesh, God having sent his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned the sin in the flesh, that the righteous ordinance of the law may be performed by us who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

For they who are according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh, but they who are according to the spirit the things of the spirit;

For I say through the grace given me, to every one among you, not to be higher-minded than he ought to be, but to think soberly, as God has distributed to each the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office, so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of another;read more.
but having different gifts according to the grace given us, if prophecy [let us prophesy] according to the analogy of the faith, if a service [let us labor] in the service, if one teaches, in teaching, if one exhorts in the exhortation, he that gives, with simplicity, he that rules, with diligence, he that exercises mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which is good, be kindly disposed one to another with brotherly love, in honor prefer one another, be not slothful in business, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord, rejoice in the hope, be patient in affliction, be persevering in prayer, contribute to the necessity of saints, practise hospitality. Bless those that persecute, bless and curse not. Rejoice with the rejoicing, weep with the weeping. Desire the same thing one for another; desire not the high, but be satisfied with the humble. Be not wise in your own conceit. Render evil for evil to no one, provide things honorable in the sight of all men; if possible, as much as may be in your power, live peaceably with all men, not vindicating yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, Judgment is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. If therefore your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for doing this you shall heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

The night is far advanced, and the day is at hand; let us lay aside therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy; but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for desires of the flesh.

I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love, using diligence to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that I should write to you; for you are taught by God to love one another; for you also do the same to all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound still more, and strive to be quiet and pursue your own business, and work with your hands, as we charged you,read more.
that you may walk becomingly towards those without and have need of nothing.

Desire the same thing one for another; desire not the high, but be satisfied with the humble. Be not wise in your own conceit.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not love, I am a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. And if I have prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. And if I deal out all my property to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, and have not love, I shall not be profited.read more.
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up, does not behave unbecomingly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, devises not evil, rejoices not in wickedness, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes for all things, and endures all things. Love never fails; but if there are prophecies, they shall pass away; if tongues, they shall cease; if knowledge, it shall pass away. And we know in part and we prophesy in part; when the perfect has come, that which is in part shall pass away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child; when I became a man I put away childish things. For now we see by a mirror darkly, but then we shall see face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully as I also am known. And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love,

and I desire that I may not be bold when present, with that confidence which I design to use against some who speak of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

that you should lay aside your former mode of life the old man destroyed by deceitful desires, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new man, created after God in righteousness and true holiness.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are reputable, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, consider these things; and what you learned and received and heard and knew in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you.

It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach, not a wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome man, but gentle, not contentious, not avaricious, ruling well his own house, having his children in subjection with all dignity,??5 but if any one knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God???6 not a novice, lest being inflated with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.read more.
And he must also have a good name from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.

Admonish them to be subject to principalities, to powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all meekness to all men.

AND know this, that in the last days perilous times shall come. Men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, covenant breakers, slanderers, intemperate, ungentle, despisers of the good,read more.
traitors, rash, boasters, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, having a form of piety but denying its power; and these avoid.

having your conduct honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify God in the day of visitation, Be subject therefore to every human government, for the Lord's sake, whether to the king, as superior, to governors, sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well;read more.
for this is the will of God, that by well-doing you may silence the ignorance of foolish men;

but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever.