Strong's G2150 εὐσέβεια (eusebeia)

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; And there is good understanding to all that practice it: And piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; But the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.

But he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.

and the Spirit of God shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and godliness shall fill him;

They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a Passover as Josiah, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel that were found dwelling at Jerusalem.

Now when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,

And also in that he perceived that there was great favor laid up for those that died godly, it was a holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin.

Some of those who were over the city, therefore, abhorring any approach to the city of piety, unhesitatingly gave in to the king, and expected to derive some great honor from a future connection with him.

A nobler spirit, however, prompted the majority to cling to their religious observances, and by paying money that they might live unmolested, these sought to escape the registration:

And indeed, were our law (as you suppose) not truly divine, and if we wrongly think it divine, we should have no right even in that case to destroy our sense of religion.

And it instructs us in justice, so that in all our dealings we render what is due; and it teaches us piety, so that we worship the one only God becomingly.

I am not so old, and void of manliness, but that my rational powers are youthful in defense of my religion.

For over the ungodly thou shalt tyrannize; but thou shalt not lord it over my thoughts about religion, either by thy arguments, or through deeds.

And first, they stripped the old man, adorned as he was with the comeliness of piety.

Wherefore do you, O children of Abraham, die nobly for your religion.

The reasoning of our father Eleazar, like a first-rate pilot, steering the vessel of piety in the sea of passions,

in no way shifted the rudder of piety till it sailed into the harbor of victory over death.

Not so has ever a city, when besieged, held out against many and various machines, as did that holy man, when his pious soul was tried with the fiery trial of tortures and rackings, move his besiegers through the religious reasoning that shielded him.

If, then, an old man, through religion, despised tortures even unto death, confessedly religious reasoning is ruler of the passions.

But they who have meditated upon religion with their whole heart, these alone can master the passions of the flesh:

Then, indeed, vehemently swayed with passion, he commanded to bring others of the adult Hebrews, and if they would eat of the unclean thing, to let them go when they had eaten; but if they objected, to torment them more grievously.

But if aged men of the Hebrews have died in the cause of religion after enduring torture, more rightly should we younger men die, scorning your cruel tortures, which our aged instructor overcame.

Make the attempt, then, O tyrant; and if thou puttest us to death for our religion, think not that thou harmest us by torturing us.

by which means our just and paternal Providence, becoming merciful to the nation, will punish the pestilent tyrant.

How sweet is every form of death for the religion of our fathers! and he said to the tyrant,

Thinkest thou not, most cruel of all tyrants, that thou art now tortured more than I, finding thy overweening conception of tyranny conquered by our patience in behalf of our religion?

And he, while tormented, said, O period good and holy, in which, for the sake of religion, we brothers have been called to the contest of pain, and have not been conquered.

Impious tyrant, and most blasphemous man, wert thou not ashamed, having received prosperity and a kingdom from God, to slay His servants, and to rack the doers of godliness?

But they, bravely dying, fulfilled their religion toward God.

so that seven-towered right reasoning of the young men, securing the harbor of religion, conquered the intemperance of passions.

For having arranged a holy choir of piety, they encouraged one another, saying,

Let us not be cowards in the manifestation of piety.

And another, Remember of what stock ye are; and by the hand of what father Isaac endured to be slain for the sake of piety.

For it acting along with religion, made their brotherly feeling more desirable to them.

And yet, although nature and intercourse and virtuous morals increased their brotherly love, those who were left endured to behold their brethren, who were ill-used for their religion, tortured even unto death.

Sacred and harmonious concert of the seven brethren as concerning piety!

For just as hands and feet are moved sympathetically with the directions of the soul, so those holy youths agreed unto death for religion’s sake, as through the immortal soul of religion.

O holy seven of harmonious brethren! for as the seven days of creation, about religion,

O reasoning of the sons, lord over the passions, and religion more desirable to a mother than progeny!

The mother, when two things were set before her, religion and the safety of her seven sons for a time, on the conditional promise of a tyrant,

rather elected the religion which according to God preserves to eternal life.

But she inclined each one separately and all together to death for religion.

At the racking and roasting of each one of them, the observant mother was prevented by religion from changing.

O thou only woman who hast brought forth perfect holiness!

O mother of a nation, avenger of the law, and defender of religion, and prime bearer in the battle of the affections!

so thou, the guardian of the law, when surrounded on every side by the flood of passions, and straitened by violent storms which were the torments of thy children, didst bear up nobly against the storms against religion.

But with the reasoning of religion the mother quenched passions so great and powerful.

But as one possessed with an adamantine mind, and as one bringing forth again her full number of sons to immortality, she rather with supplications exhorted them to death in behalf of religion.

O woman, soldier of God for religion, thou, aged and a female, hast conquered through endurance even a tyrant; and though but weak, hast been found more powerful in deeds and words.

For it were disgraceful that this old man should endure pains for the sake of righteousness, and that you who are younger should be afraid of the tortures.

For it is unreasonable that they who know religion should not stand up against troubles.

Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as thou art established honorable before God, and fixed in the firmament with thy sons whom thou didst illuminate with religion to the stars.

And, were it lawful for us to paint as on a tablet the religion of thy story, the spectators would not shudder at beholding the mother of seven children enduring for the sake of religion various tortures even unto death.

Whence those persons giving up their bodies to pains for the sake of religion, were not only admired by men, but were deemed worthy of a divine portion.

She defended him from his enemies, And kept him safe from those that lay in wait, And in a sore conflict she gave him the victory; That he might know that godliness is stronger than all.

He directed his heart unto the Lord, And in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.