Luke 1:6

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Summary

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Righteous

Walking

General references

Bible References

Righteous

And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

And LORD said to Noah, Come, thou and all thy house into the ark, for I have seen thee righteous before me in this generation.

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be thou perfect.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

Of a truth I know that it is so. But how can man be just with God?

What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin,

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness in law, having become blameless.

For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.

Walking

And as for thee, if thou will walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances,

Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept greatly.

Then I shall not be put to shame when I have respect for all thy commandments.

And Paul, after looking intently at the council, said, Men, brothers, I have been a citizen in all good conscience to God until this day.

And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always nonstumbling before God and men.

Now I praise you, brothers, that ye remember me in all things and keep the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness in law, having become blameless.

For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,

And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who is doing righteousness is righteous, just as that man is righteous.

General references

And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Ye shall do my ordinances, and ye shall keep my statutes, to walk therein. I am LORD your God.

And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day.