25 Bible Teachings We Often Fail to Follow

The Bible is considered by Christians to be the Holy Book bestowed to people for corrections and instructions. From the stuff we eat and the way we dressed, all has its proper and correct way if we based our beliefs in the Bible. In fact, these “forbidden” things are those we do almost everyday in our lives. These things have became our norms in our society today.

In this article, let us read on and learn about 25 biblical teachings, with verses from the holy scriptures, that often get disregarded, and most of the time, we fail to follow.

#1 Pornography

Yikes! No more day dream and fantasy on your favorite por star buddy!

“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart”. – Matthew 5:28 (KJV)

#2 Immodest clothing

From now on, wear your grandmother’s dress ok?

“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;” – 1 Timothy 2:9 (KJV)

#3 Tattoos

Hoola! If I tattoo my arm with cross in it or bible verse, would that be included?

“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord”. – Leviticus 19:28 (KJV)

#4 Divorce

Uhmm, I think it is better to be single then, ayt?

“And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery”. – Mark 10: 11-12 (KJV)

#5 Gossips

Rumors! I believe everyone of us love that!

“Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge”. – James 4:11 (KJV)

#6 Bling Blings

Sell it to jewelry shops now! Not only you will get money but you as well earn life eternal.

“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;” – 1 Timothy 2:9 (KJV)

#7 Gluttony

I love fries, I love burgers, I love hotdog, I love ice cream, whoops! It’s forbidden!

“And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite”. – Proverbs 23:2 (KJV)

#8 Homosexuality

This is the reason why many people protest against this, but the Bible said so.

“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination”. – Leviticus 18:22 (KJV)

#9 Premarital sex

Who doesn’t love sex anyway? Almost everybody loves it but make sure you get married first. Case closed!

“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body”. – 1 Corinthians 6:18 (KJV)

#10 Witchcraft/psychic consultation

Fortune tellers will give unfortunate future so to speak.

“Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God”. – Leviticus 19:31 (KJV)

#11 Blood consumption

Sorry cannibals, but I think it is best to shift your drinks to water instead!

“But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood”. – Acts 15:20 (KJV)

#12 Alcohol, drugs, and other vices

Too much of everything is dangerous. Better yet, have a healthy lifestyle!

“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God”. – Galatians 5:21(KJV)

#13 Eating Pork

This is a good news for hypertensive people though.

“Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you”. – Leviticus 11:4(KJV)