Bible verses about "etiquette" | ACV

¹ Do not criticize, that ye may not be criticized. ² For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you. ³ And why do thou see the speck in thy brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in thine own eye? ⁴ Or how will thou say to thy brother, Let me take out the speck from thine eye, and behold, the beam in thine own eye? ⁵ Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou will see clearly to take out the speck from thy brother's eye. ⁶ Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you. ⁷ Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸ For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ⁹ Or what man is there of you, who, if his son may ask for bread, will give him a stone, ¹⁰ and if he may ask for a fish, will give him a serpent? ¹¹ If ye therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more your Father in the heavens will give good things to those who ask him? ¹² All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets. ¹³ Enter ye in by the narrow gate, because wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter through it. ¹⁴ How narrow is the gate, and restricted the way, that leads to life, and few are those who find it. ¹⁵ But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are predatory wolves. ¹⁶ From their fruits ye will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ Likewise every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces bad fruits. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a corrupt tree produce good fruits. ¹⁹ Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ So then from their fruits ye will know them. ²¹ Not every man who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father in the heavens. ²² Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? ²³ And then I will profess to them, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, ye who work lawlessness. ²⁴ Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock. ²⁶ And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. ²⁷ And the rain descended, and the torrents 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 finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, ²⁹ for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as their scholars.

¹ Then scholars and Pharisees from Jerusalem come to Jesus, saying, ² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³ And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death. ⁵ But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me is an offering. ⁶ And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition. ⁷ Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying, ⁸ This people comes near me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me. ⁹ And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. ¹⁰ And having called in 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 having come near, his disciples said to him, Know thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the saying? ¹³ But having answered, he said, Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant, will be uprooted. ¹⁴ Leave them. They are blind leaders of blind men, and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch. ¹⁵ And having answered, Peter said to him, Explain this parable to us. ¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are ye also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet? ¹⁸ But the things coming out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things defile the man. ¹⁹ For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, revilings. ²⁰ These are things defiling the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man. ²¹ And having gone out from there, Jesus departed into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And behold, a Canaanite woman having come out from those regions, cried out to him, saying, Be merciful to me, O Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is grievously demon-possessed. ²³ But he answered her not a word. And his disciples having approached, they besought him, saying, Send her away, because she cries out behind us. ²⁴ But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ But having come, she worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me. ²⁶ And having answered, he said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs. ²⁷ But she said, Yes, Lord, for even the house dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters. ²⁸ Then Jesus having answered, said to her, O woman, great is thy faith. Be it done for thee as thou desire. And her daughter was healed from that hour. ²⁹ And having departed from there, Jesus came near the sea of Galilee. And having gone up onto the mountain, he sat there. ³⁰ And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others. And they placed them beside Jesus' feet, and he healed them, ³¹ so as for the multitudes to marvel seeing the mute speaking, the maimed healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel. ³² And Jesus having summoned his disciples, he said, I feel compassion toward the multitude because they continue with me now three days and do not have what they might eat. And I do not want to dismiss them without food, lest they might faint on the way. ³³ And his disciples say to him, From where are so many loaves for us in a wilderness so as to feed so great a multitude? ³⁴ And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. ³⁵ And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the ground. ³⁶ And after taking the seven loaves and the fishes, having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. ³⁷ And they all ate and were filled. And they took up seven hampers full of the fragments that remained. ³⁸ And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And having dismissed the multitudes, he entered into the boat, and came into the regions of Magdala.

²³ All things are permitted for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are permitted for me, but not all things are constructive.

³⁷ And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven.

²³ But an hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for also the Father seeks such kind who worship him. ²⁴ God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

¹⁶ Therefore do not let your good be maligned.

¹ I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men, ² for kings and all those who are in prominence, so that we may live a quiet and peaceful life in all piety and propriety. ³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴ who wants all men to be saved and to come to knowledge of truth. ⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Jesus Christ, ⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony for their own times. ⁷ For which I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of Gentiles in faith and truth. ⁸ I desire therefore the men to pray in every place, lifting up devout hands, apart from anger and argument. ⁹ And similarly, the women to adorn themselves in disciplined decorum, with reverence and sobriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive apparel, ¹⁰ but (which is fitting for women professing godliness) through good works. ¹¹ Let a woman learn in silence in all subjection. ¹² But I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to have authority of a man, but to be in quietness. ¹³ For Adam was first formed, then Eve. ¹⁴ And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, became in transgression. ¹⁵ But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, ² to know wisdom and instruction, to discern the words of understanding, ³ to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and justice and equity, ⁴ to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion, ⁵ that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels, ⁶ to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. ⁷ The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction. ⁸ My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. ⁹ For they shall be a garland of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck. ¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. ¹¹ If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. ¹² Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit. ¹³ We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with spoil. ¹⁴ Thou shall cast thy lot among us. We will all have one bag. ¹⁵ My son, walk not thou in the way with them. Restrain thy foot from their path. ¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. ¹⁷ For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird, ¹⁸ and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. ¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it. ²⁰ Wisdom cries aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the broad places. ²¹ She cries in the chief place of concourse, at the entrance of the gates, in the city. She utters her words: ²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge? ²³ Turn back at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you. I will make my words known to you. ²⁴ Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded, ²⁵ but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof, ²⁶ I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes, ²⁷ when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. ²⁸ Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me, ²⁹ because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD. ³⁰ They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. ³¹ Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. ³² For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them. ³³ But he who hearkens to me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.

³² Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.

¹² Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering,

⁵ Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near.

⁴⁰ Let all things be done decently and in order.

⁵ Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time, ⁶ your speech always with grace, seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer each one.