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

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Bible References

Righteous

And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

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

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

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto 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 that 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 than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;

as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

Walking

And as for thee, if thou wilt 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 wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;

Remember now, O Jehovah, 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 sore.

Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.

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

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:

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and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

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

Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.

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