What Does the Bible Say About How I Should Live?

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Acts 22:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

John 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

Jeremiah 29:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem. The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said: “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. ...

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Acts 14:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

Acts 4:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Luke 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”

Luke 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

17 Bible Verses about How I Should Live

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Acts 22:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 14:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Acts 22:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 14:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes