Here are 7 Bible verses about how to live, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
James 4:7 KJV
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Hebrews 4:12 KJV
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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Proverbs 4:20-27 KJV
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward …
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2 Peter 1:20-21 KJV
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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1 Thessalonians 4:11 KJV
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
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Jude 1:20-21 KJV
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
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Hebrews 13:4 KJV
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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