RIGHTEOUSNESS


Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New 
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

GEN 15:6  Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as 
righteousness.

DEU 6:25  And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our 
God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness."

JOS 22:31  And Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to Reuben, Gad and 
Manasseh, "Today we know that the LORD is with us, because you have not 
acted unfaithfully toward the LORD in this matter. Now you have rescued the 
Israelites from the LORD'S hand."

JOB 29:14  I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and 
my turban.

33:26  He prays to God and finds favor with him, he sees God's face and 
shouts for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state.

PSA 1:3  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.

15:1  LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy 
hill?

2  He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks 
the truth from his heart

3  and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and 
casts no slur on his fellow man,

4  who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the LORD, who keeps 
his oath even when it hurts,

5  who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against 
the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

24:3  Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place?

4  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.

5  He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his 
Savior.

101:3  I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men 
I hate; they will not cling to me.

4  Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do 
with evil.

106:3  Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is 
right.

112:4  Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and 
compassionate and righteous man.

5  Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his 
affairs with justice.

6  Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered 
forever.

7  He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in 
the LORD.

8  His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in 
triumph on his foes.

PRO 2:5  then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the 
knowledge of God.

6  For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and 
understanding.

7  He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose 
walk is blameless,

8  for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his 
faithful ones.

9  Then you will understand what is right and just and fair--every good 
path.

10  For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to 
your soul.

11  Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.

12  Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words 
are perverse,

13  who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways,

14  who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

15  whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

16  It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with 
her seductive words,

17  who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made 
before God.

18  For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the 
dead.

19  None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

20  Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the 
righteous.

10:2  Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from 
death.

11:5  The righteousness of the blameless makes a straight way for them, but 
the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.

6  The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are 
trapped by evil desires.

19  The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to 
his death.

30  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is 
wise.

12:28  In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is 
immortality.

13:6  Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows 
the sinner.

14:34  Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

21:3  To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than 
sacrifice.

29:7  The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no 
such concern.

ISA 28:17  I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the 
plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will 
overflow your hiding place.

32:16  Justice will dwell in the desert and righteousness live in the 
fertile field.

17  The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness 
will be quietness and confidence forever.

18  My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in 
undisturbed places of rest.

33:15  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--

16  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.

17  Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that 
stretches afar.

55:12  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.

13  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."

58:6  "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?

7  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?

8  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.

9  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,

10  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.

11  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.

12  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.

13  "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,

14  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.

62:1  For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will 
not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her 
salvation like a blazing torch.

EZE 18:5  "Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and 
right.

6  He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of the 
house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor's wife or lie with a woman 
during her period.

7  He does not oppress anyone, but returns what he took in pledge for a 
loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and 
provides clothing for the naked.

8  He does not lend at usury or take excessive interest. He withholds his 
hand from doing wrong and judges fairly between man and man.

9  He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is 
righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign LORD.

33:15  if he gives back what he took in pledge for a loan, returns what he 
has stolen, follows the decrees that give life, and does no evil, he will 
surely live; he will not die.

47:12  Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their 
leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will 
bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will 
serve for food and their leaves for healing."

DAN 12:3  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.

HOS 10:12  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.

MAL 3:3  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,

4:2  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.

MAT 5:20  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.

12:35  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.

22:11  "But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there 
who was not wearing wedding clothes.

12  'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' 
The man was speechless.

13  "Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw 
him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth.'

14  "For many are invited, but few are chosen."

MAR 3:33  "Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked.

34  Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here 
are my mother and my brothers!

35  Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."

LUK 3:10  "What should we do then?" the crowd asked.

11  John answered, "The man with two tunics should share with him who has 
none, and the one who has food should do the same."

12  Tax collectors also came to be baptized. "Teacher," they asked, "what 
should we do?"

13  "Don't collect any more than you are required to," he told them.

14  Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" He replied, 
"Don't extort money and don't accuse people falsely--be content with your 
pay."

8:15  But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good 
heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

JOH 3:21  But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it 
may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."

33  The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful.

8:47  He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear 
is that you do not belong to God."

49  "I am not possessed by a demon," said Jesus, "but I honor my Father and 
you dishonor me.

13:35  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one 
another."

14:21  Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. 
He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and 
show myself to him."

22  Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to 
show yourself to us and not to the world?"

23  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.

24  He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear 
are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

15:4  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.

5  "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.

8  This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing 
yourselves to be my disciples.

12  My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

ACT 9:36  In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when 
translated, is Dorcas), who was always doing good and helping the poor.

11:29  The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide 
help for the brothers living in Judea.

30  This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

19:19  A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together 
and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, 
the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.

ROM 4:3  What does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was 
credited to him as righteousness."

5  However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the 
wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

9  Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the 
uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham's faith was credited to him 
as righteousness.

11  And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness 
that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the 
father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that 
righteousness might be credited to them.

13  It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the 
promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness 
that comes by faith.

20  Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but 
was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

22  This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."

24  but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness--for us who 
believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

5:1  Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace 
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

2  through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we 
now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

3  Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that 
suffering produces perseverance;

4  perseverance, character; and character, hope.

5  And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love 
into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

6:19  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.

20  When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of 
righteousness.

21  What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now 
ashamed of? Those things result in death!

22  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.

7:4  So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, 
that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in 
order that we might bear fruit to God.

5  For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions 
aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for 
death.

6  But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the 
law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way 
of the written code.

8:4  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.

5  Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on 
what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit 
have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

6  The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit 
is life and peace;

14:17  For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but 
of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,

18  because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and 
approved by men.

15:1  We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not 
to please ourselves.

2  Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

3  For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The 
insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

4  For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so 
that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might 
have hope.

5  May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of 
unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,

6  so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ.

7  Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring 
praise to God.

1CO 4:19  But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and 
then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but 
what power they have.

20  For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

12:3  Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God 
says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the 
Holy Spirit.

13:1  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I 
am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

2  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all 
knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not 
love, I am nothing.

3  If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, 
but have not love, I gain nothing.

4  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it 
is not proud.

5  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it 
keeps no record of wrongs.

6  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

7  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8  Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where 
there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will 
pass away.

9  For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

10  but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

11  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I 
reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

12  Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face 
to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully 
known.

13  And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of 
these is love.

2CO 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old 
has gone, the new has come!

7:10  Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no 
regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

11  See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what 
eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, 
what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have 
proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

9:10  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.

10:5  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.

13:5  Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test 
yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of 
course, you fail the test?

GAL 4:6  Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our 
hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."

5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, 
goodness, faithfulness,

23  gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

6:7  Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

8  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.

EPH 1:13  And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of 
truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in 
him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,

14  who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of 
those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.

5:9  (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness 
and truth)

PHI 1:11  filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus 
Christ--to the glory and praise of God.

27  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

28  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.

29  For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe 
on him, but also to suffer for him,

2:13  for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his 
good purpose.

3:12  Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made 
perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took 
hold of me.

13  Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But 
one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is 
ahead,

14  I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me 
heavenward in Christ Jesus.

4:11  I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be 
content whatever the circumstances.

12  I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. 
I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, 
whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

13  I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

COL 1:12  giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in 
the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.

13  For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into 
the kingdom of the Son he loves,

3:3  For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

5  Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual 
immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

9  Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with 
its practices

10  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in 
the image of its Creator.

11  Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, 
Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

12  Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe 
yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

13  Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have 
against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

14  And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together 
in perfect unity.

15  Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one 
body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

16  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish 
one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual 
songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

17  And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of 
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

1TH 1:3  We continually remember before our God and Father your work 
produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired 
by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

9  for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell 
how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

10  and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--
Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

2TH 1:3  We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, 
because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you 
has for each other is increasing.

4  Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and 
faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

5  All this is evidence that God's judgment is right, and as a result you 
will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

1TI 2:9  I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, 
not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

10  but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

5:9  No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, 
has been faithful to her husband,

10  and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, 
showing hospitality, washing the feet of the saints, helping those in 
trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.

2TI 2:22  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.

4:6  For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time 
has come for my departure.

7  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the 
faith.

8  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.

TIT 2:2  Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-
controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.

11  For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.

12  It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to 
live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

3:14  Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in 
order that they may provide for daily necessities and not live unproductive 
lives.

PHM 1:5  because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love 
for all the saints.

6  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.

JAM 1:27  Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is 
this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep 
oneself from being polluted by the world.

2:14  What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has 
no deeds? Can such faith save him?

15  Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

16  If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well 
fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?

17  In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, 
is dead.

18  But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your 
faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

19  You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--
and shudder.

20  You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is 
useless?

21  Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when 
he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

22  You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his 
faith was made complete by what he did.

23  And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and 
it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend.

24  You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith 
alone.

25  In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous 
for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a 
different direction?

26  As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

3:11  Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?

12  My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? 
Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

13  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.

14  But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do 
not boast about it or deny the truth.

15  Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, 
unspiritual, of the devil.

16  For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder 
and every evil practice.

17  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.

18  Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

1PE 3:1  Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if 
any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by 
the behavior of their wives,

2  when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

3  Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair 
and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.

4  Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a 
gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

5  For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God 
used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own 
husbands,

6  like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her 
daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

7  Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, 
and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of 
the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

8  Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, 
love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.

9  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, 
because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

10  For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue 
from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

11  He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

14  But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do 
not fear what they fear; do not be frightened."

4:2  As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil 
human desires, but rather for the will of God.

2PE 1:5  For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith 
goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;

6  and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and 
to perseverance, godliness;

7  and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.

8  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.

9  But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has 
forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

1JO 2:3  We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.

4  The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a 
liar, and the truth is not in him.

5  But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. 
This is how we know we are in him:

6  Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.

10  Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in 
him to make him stumble.

11  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.

24  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.

29  If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what 
is right has been born of him.

3:3  Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is 
pure.

6  No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin 
has either seen him or known him.

7  Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is 
right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

9  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.

10  This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of 
the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; 
nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

11  This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one 
another.

14  We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our 
brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.

17  If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has 
no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

18  Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions 
and in truth.

19  This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set 
our hearts at rest in his presence

20  whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and 
he knows everything.

21  Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence 
before God

22  and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and 
do what pleases him.

23  And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus 
Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

24  Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is 
how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

4:4  You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the 
one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

5  They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the 
world, and the world listens to them.

6  We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not 
from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of 
truth and the spirit of falsehood.

7  Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone 
who loves has been born of God and knows God.

8  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

9  This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son 
into the world that we might live through him.

10  This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his 
Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

11  Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12  No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us 
and his love is made complete in us.

13  We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of 
his Spirit.

14  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the 
Savior of the world.

15  If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him 
and he in God.

16  And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. 
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

17  In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have 
confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.

18  There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because 
fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in 
love.

19  We love because he first loved us.

20  If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For 
anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, 
whom he has not seen.

21  And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his 
brother.

5:1  Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and 
everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.

2  This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and 
carrying out his commands.

3  This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not 
burdensome,

4  for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that 
has overcome the world, even our faith.

5  Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is 
the Son of God.

10  Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. 
Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he 
has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.

13  I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God 
so that you may know that you have eternal life.

18  We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who 
was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.

2JO 1:9  Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of 
Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the 
Father and the Son.

3JO 1:11  Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone 
who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not 
seen God.

REV 2:2  I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know 
that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim 
to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.

3  You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not 
grown weary.

19  I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, 
and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

22:2  down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the 
river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its 
fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the 
nations.

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