Bible Verses About Loyalty
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for loyalty, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 47,220 votes, led by Proverbs 17:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Loyalty
Proverbs 17:171,310 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:241,276 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 21:21937 votes
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
John 15:13809 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 13:1768 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
John 3:16765 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.
Titus 3:1750 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Ruth 1:16-17738 votes
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
1 Corinthians 13:7693 votes
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Ecclesiastes 10:4690 votes
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Proverbs 3:3665 votes
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Matthew 26:35664 votes
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
Matthew 26:33595 votes
Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Deuteronomy 7:9577 votes
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Psalms 78:8558 votes
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
1 Corinthians 4:2557 votes
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Matthew 18:15552 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
1 Samuel 24:6-10541 votes
And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 16:13-14536 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
John 14:15525 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Proverbs 20:6500 votes
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Romans 1:16485 votes
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Proverbs 20:28479 votes
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Ezra 6:10478 votes
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
Proverbs 27:10477 votes
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
What does the Bible say about loyalty?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 17:17 on the subject of loyalty. Across 47,220 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 21:21, John 15:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.