Luke 1:6

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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 declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, is abomination before God;

These are births of Noah: Noah is a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.

And Jehovah saith to Noah, 'Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation;

And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

Truly I have known that it is so, And what -- is man righteous with God?

What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,

according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!

for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

Walking

And thou -- if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, in simplicity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee -- My statutes and My judgments thou dost keep --

I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which is good in Thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth -- a great weeping.

Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.

And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, 'Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'

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

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!

For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,

and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

General references

And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, being a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I am Jehovah your God;

and observed to do all the statutes and the judgments which I am setting before you to day.