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 unto them, You are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

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

And the LORD said unto Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; for you have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

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

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

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just before God?

What then? are we better than they? No, in no way: for we have before proved both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

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

Walking

And if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my judgments:

I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all your commandments.

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

And in this do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men.

Now I praise you, brethren, because you remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

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

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

General references

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

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

You shall do my ordinances, and keep my statutes, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

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