47 Bible Verses about acting

In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not prove itself with actions, is dead.

Everything you do should be done lovingly.

We hear that some of you are living in idleness. You are not busy working you are busy interfering in other people's lives!

For when one person says, "I follow Paul," and another person says, "I follow Apollos," you're following your own human nature, aren't you?

The way of life leads upward for the wise so he may avoid Sheol below.

For it is God who is producing in you both the desire and the ability to do what pleases him.

These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed,

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up my childish ways.

so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

"Nevertheless, when they confess their iniquity, the iniquity of their ancestors, and their unfaithfulness by which they acted unfaithfully against me by living life contrary to me

If a man thinks he is not behaving properly toward his virgin, and if his passion is so strong that he feels he ought to marry her, let him do what he wants; he isn't sinning. Let them get married.

Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as mere infants in the Messiah.

Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.

Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven.

One person pretends to be wealthy, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet is rich.

but they mocked God's messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until there was no remedy for the wrath of the LORD that arose to punish his people.

When Zechariah was serving with his division of priests in God's presence,

Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.

To those who do not have the Law, I became like a man who does not have the Law in order to win those who do not have the Law. However, I am not free from God's Law, but I'm subject to the Messiah's law.

and Jason has welcomed them as his guests. All of them oppose the emperor's decrees by saying that there is another king Jesus!"

Furthermore, it isn't good to be ignorant, and whoever rushes into things misses the mark.

For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display in last place, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.

"I will make youths their princes, and infants will rule over them.

Then you will understand what is right, just, and upright every good path.

You must make it your habit to speak and act like people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.

We intend to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of people.

This is what I mean, brothers: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,

Just as the fool considers wickedness his joy, so is wisdom to the discerning man.

But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, "Though you are a Jew, you have been living like a gentile and not like a Jew. So how can you insist that the gentiles must live like Jews?"

Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. Be like infants with respect to evil, but think like adults.

So he released the man who had been put in prison for revolt and murder the man whose release they continued to demand but he let them have their way with Jesus.

But you won't need to force them to be accountable for money already paid to them, since they're faithful."

However, if a man stands firm in his resolve, feels no necessity, and has made up his mind to keep her a virgin, he will be acting appropriately.

Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

Though claiming to be wise, they became fools

The names "Proud," "Arrogant," and "Mocker" fit whoever acts with presumptuous conceit.

For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do.

"Therefore, Son of Man, you are to speak to the children of Israel and tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Your ancestors also blasphemed me in their treacherous behavior against me.

Do not be overly righteous, nor be overly wise. Why be self-destructive?

The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.