Acts 24:25

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Acts 24:25

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Summary

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

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Righteousness

Temperance

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General references

Proverbs 28:6

Matthew 14:4

1 Corinthians 1:27

Bible References

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As usual, Paul went to the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Now present yourselves, so I may confront you before the Lord about all the righteous acts He has done for you and your ancestors.

“Come, let us discuss this,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they will be as white as snow;
though they are as red as crimson,
they will be like wool.

“Submit your case,” says the Lord.
“Present your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.

Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.

but honor the Messiah as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

Righteousness

And I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there is going to be a resurrection,

both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,

I clothed myself in righteousness,
and it enveloped me;
my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see His face.

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam.Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?
Do you judge people fairly?

He will judge Your people with righteousness
and Your afflicted ones with justice.

A psalm of Asaph.God has taken His place in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods:

Wicked behavior is detestable to kings,
since a throne is established through righteousness.

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

The faithful city—
what an adulteress she has become!
She was once full of justice.
Righteousness once dwelt in her—
but now, murderers!

Then in the tent of David
a throne will be established by faithful love.
A judge who seeks what is right
and is quick to execute justice
will sit on the throne forever.

For I Yahweh love justice;
I hate robbery and injustice;
I will faithfully reward them
and make an everlasting covenant with them.

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

“This is what the Lord God says: You have gone too far,

princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of My people.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

But let justice flow like water,
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.

Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:

Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.

Temperance

Don’t spend your energy on women
or your efforts on those who destroy kings.

Woe to you, land, when your king is a youth
and your princes feast in the morning.

a spirit of justice
to the one who sits in judgment,
and strength
to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

On the day of our king,
the princes are sick with the heat of wine—
there is a conspiracy with traitors.

John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

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

For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people,

So they are surprised that you don’t plunge with them into the same flood of wild living—and they slander you.

knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness,

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Then he escorted them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Are you going to persuade me to become a Christian so easily?”

Then the king of Israel ordered, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

King Zedekiah later sent for him and received him, and in his house privately asked him, “Is there a word from the Lord?”

“There is,” Jeremiah responded, and he continued, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”

King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the Lord’s temple. The king said to Jeremiah, “I am going to ask you something; don’t hide anything from me.”

Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.

“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.

General references

Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than a rich man who distorts right and wrong.

since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful for you to have her!”

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.