Commands to Believers

1. Abstain from all appearances of evil. 1 Thess. 5:22

2. Abstain from all fleshly lusts. 1 Pet. 2:11

3. Avoid troublemakers. Rom. 16:17

4. Avoid profane and vain babblings. 1 Tim. 6:20

5. Avoid false science. 1 Tim. 6:20

6. Avoid foolish questions. Titus 3:9

7. Avoid arguments about the law. Titus 3:9

8. Be reconciled to a brother. Matt. 5:24

9. Be wise as serpents. Matt. 10:16

10. Be harmless as doves. Matt. 10:16

11. Be thankful. Col. 3:15

12. Be patient toward all men. 1 Thess. 5:14 ; 2 Tim. 2:24

13. Be ready to give an answer of the hope that is in you. 1 Pet. 3:15

14. Be transformed. Rom. 12:2

15. Be patient in tribulation. Rom. 12:12

16. Be children in [avoiding] malice. 1 Cor. 14:20

17. Be men in understanding. 1 Cor. 14:20

18. Be steadfast. 1 Cor. 15:58

19. Be unmovable. 1 Cor. 15:58

20. Be always abounding in God’s work. 1 Cor. 15:58

21. Be of one mind. Rom. 12:16

22. Be separate from the unclean. 2 Cor. 6:17

23. Be angry and sin not. Eph. 4:26

24. Be filled with the Spirit. Eph. 5:18

25. Be anxious for nothing. Phil. 4:6

26. Be an example to other believers. 1 Tim. 4:12

27. Be gentle to all men. 2 Tim. 2:24

28. Be ready to teach. 2 Tim. 2:24

29. Be content with what you have. Heb. 13:5

30. Be vigilant. 1 Pet. 5:8

31. Do not be like the hypocrites in prayer. Matt. 6:5

32. Do not be afraid of men. Luke 12:4

33. Do not be conformed to this world. Rom. 12:2

34. Do not be children in understanding. 1 Cor. 14:20

35. Do not be deceived by evil companions. 1 Cor. 15:33

36. Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. 2 Cor. 6:14–18

37. Do not be drunk with wine. Eph. 5:18

38. Do not be weary in well-doing. 2 Thess. 3:13

39. Do not be slothful. Heb. 6:12

40. Do not be influenced by strange doctrines. Heb. 13:9

41. Beware of false prophets. Matt. 7:15 ; Phil. 3:2

42. Beware of [evil] men. Matt. 10:17

43. Beware of covetousness. Luke 12:15

44. Beware of backsliding. 2 Pet. 3:17

45. Do not bid false teachers Godspeed. 2 John 1:10–11

46. Bring up children in the Lord. Eph. 6:4

47. Cast your cares upon God. 1 Pet. 5:7

48. Have confidence in God. Heb. 10:35

49. Come out from among the world. 2 Cor. 6:17

50. Count it joy when you are tempted. James 1:2

51. Treat others as you expect to be treated. Matt. 7:12

52. Desire the milk of the Word. 1 Pet. 2:2

53. Do all to God’s glory. 1 Cor. 10:31 ; Col. 3:17, 23

54. Do all things without murmuring or disputing. Phil. 2:14

55. Earnestly contend for the faith. Jude 1:3

56. Give no place to Satan. Eph. 4:27

57. Give thanks. Eph. 5:20 ; Phil. 4:6

58. Give time to reading. 1 Tim. 4:13

59. Give no offense. 1 Cor. 10:32

60. Give freely. 2 Cor. 9:6–7

61. Give as God has prospered. 1 Cor. 16:2

62. Give willingly. 2 Cor. 8:12

63. Give purposely. 2 Cor. 9:7

64. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit. Eph. 4:30

65. Grow in grace. 2 Pet. 3:18

66. Have no fellowship with darkness. Eph. 5:11

67. Have compassion. Jude 1:22

68. Have a good conscience. 1 Pet. 3:16

69. Hold forth the Word of life. Phil. 2:16

70. Hold fast sound words. 2 Tim. 1:13

71. Honor fathers. Eph. 6:2

72. Honor mothers. Matt. 19:19

73. Honor widows. 1 Tim. 5:3

74. Honor rulers. 1 Pet. 2:17

75. Lay aside all envy. 1 Pet. 2:1

76. Lay aside all evil speaking. 1 Pet. 2:1

77. Do not lay up treasures on earth. Matt. 6:19

78. Let your light shine. Matt. 5:16

79. Let everyone deny himself. Matt. 16:24

80. Let him share with the needy. Luke 3:11

81. Let everyone obey civil laws. Rom. 13:1

82. Let no man deceive himself. 1 Cor. 3:18

83. Let everyone examine himself at communion. 1 Cor. 11:28

84. Let your requests be made known to God. Phil. 4:6

85. Let your speech be with grace. Col. 4:6

86. Do all things in decent order. 1 Cor. 14:40

87. Let those who are taught support the teacher. Gal. 6:6

88. Let wives be subject to their Husbands. Eph. 5:22 ; Col. 3:18

89. Let husbands love their wives. Eph. 5:25

90. Let wives reverence their husbands. Eph. 5:33

91. Let everyone be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James 1:19

92. Let the afflicted pray. James 5:13

93. Let the adorning of women be more inward than outward. 1 Pet. 3:3–4

94. Don’t let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. Matt. 6:3

95. Do not let sin reign in the body. Rom. 6:12

96. Do not let the sun go down on your wrath. Eph. 4:26

97. Follow things that edify. Rom. 14:19

98. Walk in the Spirit. Gal. 5:25

99. Do not provoke one another. Gal. 5:26

100. Do not be weary in well-doing. Gal. 6:9

101. Come boldly to the throne of grace. Heb. 4:16 ; Heb.10:19–21-23

102. Do not forsake assembling together in worship. Heb. 10:25

103. Exhort one another. Heb. 10:25

104. Lay aside every weight. Heb. 12:1

105. Run with patience the race before us. Heb. 12:1

106. Look to Jesus. Heb. 12:2

107. Offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually. Heb. 13:15

108. Do not judge one another in doubtful things. Rom. 14:1

109. Do not cause others to stumble. Rom. 14:13

110. Mark troublemakers. Rom. 16:17 ; Phil. 3:17

111. Pray for your persecutors. Matt. 5:44 ; Luke 6:28

112. Pray for laborers. Matt. 9:38 ; Luke 10:2

113. Present your body to God. Rom. 12:1

114. Put on the new man. Eph. 4:24 ; Col. 3:10

115. Put on the whole armor of God. Eph. 6:11, 13

116. Do not quench the Spirit. 1 Thess. 5:19

117. Consider yourself dead to sin. Rom. 6:11

118. Redeem the time. Eph. 5:16

119. Resist the devil. James 4:7 ; 1 Pet. 5:9

120. Restore backsliders in meekness. Gal. 6:1

121. Strengthen feeble knees. Heb. 12:12

122. Study to show yourself approved to God. 2 Tim. 2:15

123. Take no anxious thought of tomorrow. Matt. 6:34

124. Take the Lord’s Supper. 1 Cor. 11:24–26

125. Be careful not to despise little ones. Matt. 18:10

126. Be aware of yourself and your doctrine. 1 Tim. 4:16

127. Withdraw from disorderly people. 2 Thess. 3:6, 14