127 Scriptural Commands for Catholics!

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A few weeks ago we did the 50 Maxims for Becoming Saint by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri. Everyone seems to like the “lists” so here’s another one – this time from the Sacred Scriptures, 127 Scriptural Commands for Catholics. Many of these certainly apply to right behavior in the blogosphere.

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 knowledge.
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 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 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 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; 10:19-23
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

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127 Scriptural Commands for Catholics!

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A few weeks ago we did the 50 Maxims for Becoming Saint by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri. Everyone seems to like the “lists” so here’s another one – this time from the Sacred Scriptures, 127 Scriptural Commands for Catholics. Many of these certainly apply to right behavior in the blogosphere.

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 knowledge.
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 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 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 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; 10:19-23
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

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Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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