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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And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Now therefore stand still that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous deeds of the LORD that he performed for you and for your fathers.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Set forth your case, says the LORD; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Righteousness

having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.

The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.

For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.

you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!

God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."

For I the LORD love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

"Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord GOD.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity."

They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood--

And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

Temperance

Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!

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

King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.

On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.

For John had been saying to 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, bringing salvation for all people,

With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;

and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

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Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

And Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?"

And the king of Israel said, "Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son,

Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house and said, "Is there any word from the LORD?" Jeremiah said, "There is." Then he said, "You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon."

King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the LORD. The king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me."

And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

General references

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.

because John had been saying to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;