What Does the Bible Say About Loyalty?

The Bible addresses loyalty across both Old and New Testaments. These verses are organized by biblical era — from the patriarchs to the apostles — letting Scripture speak for itself.

4 verses·3 eras·1 promises

Conquest (~1400 BC)

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."

Judges (~1200 BC)

Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
Ruth 1:16· RuthPromise

Life of Jesus (~30 AD)

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

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