Bible Verses About Godliness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for godliness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 990 votes, led by 1 Timothy 4:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Godliness
1 Timothy 4:8138 votes
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
2 Peter 3:1172 votes
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2 Peter 1:5-868 votes
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2 Timothy 3:1264 votes
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
1 Timothy 6:660 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Psalms 1:1-356 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 Timothy 3:542 votes
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Romans 12:141 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 Corinthians 7:139 votes
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2 Peter 1:738 votes
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
Micah 6:835 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Matthew 6:3333 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
1 Timothy 6:6-729 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1 Timothy 6:17-1924 votes
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Jude 1:20-2124 votes
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Jude 1:423 votes
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 4:7-822 votes
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2019 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Galatians 5:1419 votes
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
1 Timothy 2:1019 votes
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
Matthew 5:4815 votes
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
2 Corinthians 10:515 votes
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
1 John 3:215 votes
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Matthew 24:3612 votes
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
John 3:1612 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about godliness?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 4:8 on the subject of godliness. Across 990 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Peter 3:11, 2 Peter 1:5-8, 2 Timothy 3:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.