Bible Verses About Duty to Others
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for duty to others, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,081 votes, led by Colossians 3:12-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Duty to Others
Colossians 3:12-17119 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Matthew 6:3353 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Revelation 1:139 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Romans 13:837 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Matthew 5:1635 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Romans 12:14-2134 votes
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
1 Peter 5:1-434 votes
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Luke 17:1028 votes
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Matthew 25:31-4627 votes
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Acts 20:2827 votes
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Ephesians 5:1926 votes
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
1 Corinthians 11:3025 votes
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
John 16:3324 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Romans 10:924 votes
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 12:224 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:924 votes
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Colossians 4:1-1824 votes
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Hebrews 11:124 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Joshua 1:923 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua 24:1523 votes
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Proverbs 3:523 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 3:623 votes
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 22:623 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 27:1723 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Isaiah 40:3123 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
What does the Bible say about duty to others?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:12-17 on the subject of duty to others. Across 2,081 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:33, Revelation 1:1, Romans 13:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.