Honorable Character

Here is a list of 12 descriptive words that are Biblically based. They are used to teach honorable character to children:
1. Honor
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
~Romans 12:10
2. Obedience
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
~Ephesians 6:1


3. Diligence
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
~Colossians 3:23
4. Wisdom
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
~James 3:13
5. Kindness
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
~Ephesians 4:32
6. Self-control
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
~James 1:19
7. Orderliness
Let all things be done decently and in order.
~1 Corinthians 14:40
8. Service
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
~Galatians 5:13
9. Attentiveness
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 1:5
10. Cooperation
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
~Philippians 2:4
11. Initiative
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
~James 1:22
12. Honesty
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
~Proverbs 12:22
13. Forgiveness
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
~1 Thessalonian 5:15
14. Responsibility
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
~Romans 14:12
King James Version taken from BibleGateway.org.

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