Here are 36 Bible verses about piety from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
1 Timothy 4:7 KJV
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
2 Peter 1:7 KJV
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
Job 22:4 KJV
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Matthew 23:28 KJV
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Matthew 23:13 KJV
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
1 Timothy 5:4 KJV
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Acts 2:5 KJV
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
2 Peter 1:6 KJV
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
Leviticus 19:1 KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Luke 1:75 KJV
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Acts 10:2 KJV
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Psalms 4:3 KJV
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Luke 2:25 KJV
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
Psalms 86:2 KJV
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
Job 4:6 KJV
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
2 Timothy 3:5 KJV
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Matthew 6:5 KJV
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Colossians 2:23 KJV
Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Proverbs 1:7 KJV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Acts 22:12 KJV
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
Job 15:4 KJV
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Colossians 2:18 KJV
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
2 Peter 2:9 KJV
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Matthew 6:1 KJV
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Hebrews 5:7 KJV
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
1 Timothy 6:6 KJV
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Acts 3:12 KJV
And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
1 Timothy 4:8 KJV
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Titus 1:8 KJV
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Psalms 132:16 KJV
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
1 Timothy 6:5 KJV
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
James 2:17 KJV
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
1 Timothy 3:16 KJV
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
1 Timothy 2:10 KJV
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
1 Timothy 2:8 KJV
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
1 Timothy 2:2 KJV
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
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