Bible Verses about “living clean lives”

“Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.”

“Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.”

“Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.”

“Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”

“By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.”

“All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.”

“looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

“But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.”

“All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.”

“By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.”

“By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.”

“For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”

“Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,”

“But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.”

“It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?”

“By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.”

“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”

“By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.”

“By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.”

“What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;”

“By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.”

“For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.”

“If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.”

“By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,”

“choosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;”

“accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.”

“By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.”

“By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.”

“Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.”

“For by this, the elders obtained testimony.”

“By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;”

“concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.”

“By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.”

“even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"”

“By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.”

“By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.”

“(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.”

“By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.”

“They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated”

“Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?”

“For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.”

“By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.”

“By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave instructions concerning his bones.”

“By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.”

“who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,”

“quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.”

“Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.”

“Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.”

“These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,”

“God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.”