Bible Verses About Good Deeds
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for good deeds, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 981 votes, led by Ephesians 2:8-10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Good Deeds
Ephesians 2:8-1077 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Matthew 5:1666 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
James 2:14-1750 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
John 3:1641 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.
Matthew 6:1-429 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Luke 12:33-3428 votes
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
1 Timothy 6:17-1928 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;
Matthew 6:127 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Timothy 2:20-2126 votes
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
Ephesians 2:8-924 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
John 5:28-2922 votes
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Galatians 2:1621 votes
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Ephesians 2:1021 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Hebrews 13:1620 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
James 2:2620 votes
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Matthew 7:21-2319 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 25:31-4617 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:
Luke 6:3517 votes
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
2 Thessalonians 2:1717 votes
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Hebrews 10:2417 votes
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Romans 4:4-516 votes
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Galatians 5:19-2615 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Matthew 6:1-3414 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
John 3:1-3614 votes
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
James 1:2714 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
What does the Bible say about good deeds?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 2:8-10 on the subject of good deeds. Across 981 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 5:16, James 2:14-17, John 3:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.