Actually, the Bible has a lot to say about good manners. In fact, at this site you can find 23 Bible verses about manners. Voted the most popular Bible verse on manners is Luke 6:31, “And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.” (ESV)
I live in the U.S. Virgin Islands which is a part of the West Indies. We West Indians are known for being very polite people. We always greet another person, whether we know the person or not, with “Good morning” or “Good afternoon”, or whatever the time of day or night. As a matter of fact, if we do not greet a person that way from the beginning of the contact, the person immediately believes that we have no manners and would consider us to be rude.
I believe that good manners are just not being emphasized by parents any more. We tend to excuse the child saying such things as “He’s just shy” or “She’s just tired today” or “He’s having a bad day”, or “She’s just a child-when she grows up, she’ll know better”, etc., etc. Importantly, however, good manners should be ingrained in children, so that as your children grow up, good manners are such an integral part of them, that they automatically respond with good manners in every situation.
Author Soraya Diase Coffelt