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, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

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

Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,

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

"Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?

What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

Walking

And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules,

"Now, O LORD, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight."And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day."

So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.

Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

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

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

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

General references

Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

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

You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.

you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the rules that I am setting before you today.