Bible Verses About Manners
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for manners, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,821 votes, led by Luke 6:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Manners
Luke 6:31233 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
1 Corinthians 15:33158 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Titus 3:2133 votes
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
1 Peter 3:8126 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Leviticus 19:32119 votes
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
Ephesians 4:29113 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Romans 12:10107 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Philippians 2:398 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Matthew 7:1294 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Colossians 4:682 votes
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
1 Corinthians 13:4-578 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Proverbs 23:177 votes
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Matthew 15:1176 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
1 Corinthians 10:2771 votes
If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
Proverbs 21:864 votes
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Titus 3:1-264 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
1 Corinthians 14:4052 votes
Let all things be done decently and in order.
Proverbs 21:2351 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 18:2043 votes
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Philippians 4:542 votes
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Proverbs 22:640 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Colossians 3:12-1440 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Luke 6:3238 votes
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
2 Timothy 1:737 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Exodus 20:1235 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
What does the Bible say about manners?
Readers most often cite Luke 6:31 on the subject of manners. Across 3,821 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 15:33, Titus 3:2, 1 Peter 3:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.