Bible Verses About Godly Living
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for godly living, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,299 votes, led by Romans 12:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Godly Living
Romans 12:2157 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.
2 Timothy 3:1-9112 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
1 Peter 2:11105 votes
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Romans 12:189 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 5:1781 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Galatians 5:2280 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
1 Timothy 4:778 votes
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
2 Timothy 3:1672 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Ephesians 4:162 votes
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
1 Peter 2:260 votes
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
John 14:654 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Galatians 5:1654 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
John 3:1651 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.
James 1:1-2750 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Hebrews 13:549 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Psalms 119:10546 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Romans 6:2342 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Matthew 6:2439 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 Corinthians 11:1-3438 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
1 John 2:15-1637 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Philippians 4:1336 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
James 1:2636 votes
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Proverbs 16:335 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
John 10:1034 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Galatians 2:2034 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
What does the Bible say about godly living?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:2 on the subject of godly living. Across 3,299 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Timothy 3:1-9, 1 Peter 2:11, Romans 12:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.