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He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Psalms Chapter 1: Verse 3
LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?
He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart
Psalms Chapter 15: Verses 1 - 2
Who may ascend the hill of the LORD ? Who may stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.
He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.
Psalms Chapter 24: Verses 3 - 5
I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.
Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.
Psalms Chapter 101: Verses 3 - 4
Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.
Psalms Chapter 106: Verse 3
Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.
Psalms Chapter 112: Verse 4
He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
Psalms Chapter 112: Verses 7 - 8
He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
Proverbs Chapter 2: Verse 7
Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
Proverbs Chapter 2: Verse 11
Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs Chapter 2: Verse 20
Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs Chapter 10: Verse 2
The righteousness of the blameless makes a straight way for them, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
Proverbs Chapter 11: Verses 5 - 6
The wicked man earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death.
Proverbs Chapter 11: Verses 18 - 19
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Proverbs Chapter 11: Verse 30
In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.
Proverbs Chapter 12: Verse 28
Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
Proverbs Chapter 13: Verse 6
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Proverbs Chapter 14: Verse 34
The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
Isaiah Chapter 32: Verse 17
He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil-
this is the man who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. His bread will be supplied, and water will not fail him.
Isaiah Chapter 33: Verses 15 - 16
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the LORD's renown, for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed."
Isaiah Chapter 55: Verses 12 - 13
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter, when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
"If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." The mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Isaiah Chapter 58: Verses 6 - 14
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
Daniel Chapter 12: Verse 3
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.
Hosea Chapter 10: Verse 12
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,
Malachi Chapter 3: Verse 3
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.
Malachi Chapter 4: Verse 2
For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.Murder
Matthew Chapter 5: Verse 20
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
Matthew Chapter 12: Verse 35
He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."The Claims of Jesus About Himself
John Chapter 8: Verse 47
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
John Chapter 14: Verse 23
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John Chapter 15: Verses 4 - 5
I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.
What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
Romans Chapter 6: Verses 19 - 22
in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Romans Chapter 8: Verse 4
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;
Romans Chapter 8: Verse 6
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
Romans Chapter 14: Verses 17 - 18
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians Chapter 5: Verse 17
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Corinthians Chapter 9: Verse 10
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians Chapter 10: Verse 5
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians Chapter 5: Verses 22 - 23
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Galatians Chapter 6: Verses 7 - 8
(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
Ephesians Chapter 5: Verse 9
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ,to the glory and praise of God.Paul's Chains Advance the Gospel
Philippians Chapter 1: Verse 11
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel
without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved,and that by God.
Philippians Chapter 1: Verses 27 - 28
for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Philippians Chapter 2: Verse 13
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Colossians Chapter 3: Verse 10
Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy Chapter 2: Verse 22
Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day,and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.Personal Remarks
2 Timothy Chapter 4: Verse 8
I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.
Philemon Chapter 1: Verse 6
Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.Two Kinds of Wisdom
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
James Chapter 3: Verses 11 - 18
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
2 Peter Chapter 1: Verses 5 - 9
We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.
The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:
Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
1 John Chapter 2: Verses 3 - 6
Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
1 John Chapter 2: Verses 10 - 11
See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
1 John Chapter 2: Verse 24
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
1 John Chapter 2: Verse 29
Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
1 John Chapter 3: Verse 3
No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
1 John Chapter 3: Verses 6 - 7
No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
1 John Chapter 3: Verse 9
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
1 John Chapter 3: Verse 14
and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
1 John Chapter 3: Verse 22
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