Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.

New American Standard Bible

How blessed are those who keep justice,
Who practice righteousness at all times!

King James Version

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Holman Bible

How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.

International Standard Version

How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time.

A Conservative Version

Blessed are those who keep justice, and he who does righteousness at all times.

Amplified


Blessed are those who observe justice [by honoring God’s precepts],
Who practice righteousness at all times.

Bible in Basic English

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

Darby Translation

Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Julia Smith Translation

Happy they watching judgment, doing justice in all time.

King James 2000

Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that does righteousness at all times.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Blessed are [those who] observe justice, [he who] does righteousness at all times.

Modern King James verseion

Blessed are those who keep judgment, he who does righteousness at all times.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Blessed are they that always keep judgment, and do righteousness.

NET Bible

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

New Heart English Bible

Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

The Emphasized Bible

How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.

Webster

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

World English Bible

Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

Youngs Literal Translation

O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אשׁר 
'esher 
Usage: 45

שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Faithfulness In Israel's History

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise? 3 Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,


Cross References

Psalm 15:2

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart;

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

James 1:25

But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and'so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

Deuteronomy 5:19

Neither shalt thou steal.

Deuteronomy 11:1

Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway.

Psalm 1:1-3

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

Psalm 84:11-12

For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Psalm 119:1-3

ALEPH. Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.

Psalm 119:20

My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.

Psalm 119:44

So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.

Psalm 119:112

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.

Isaiah 56:1-2

Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Isaiah 64:5

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved?

Jeremiah 22:15-16

Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.

Ezekiel 18:21-22

But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Mark 3:35

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Luke 1:74-75

To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,

Luke 6:47-49

Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:

Luke 11:28

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Luke 11:42

But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

John 13:17

If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.

John 14:21-23

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

John 15:14

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

Acts 24:16

Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

Romans 2:7

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

Revelation 7:15

Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them.

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