Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

How blessed are those who keep justice,
Who practice righteousness at all times!

King James Version

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Holman Bible

How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.

International Standard Version

How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time.

A Conservative Version

Blessed are those who keep justice, and he who does righteousness at all times.

American Standard Version

Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Amplified


Blessed are those who observe justice [by honoring God’s precepts],
Who practice righteousness at all times.

Bible in Basic English

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

Darby Translation

Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Julia Smith Translation

Happy they watching judgment, doing justice in all time.

King James 2000

Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that does righteousness at all times.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Blessed are [those who] observe justice, [he who] does righteousness at all times.

Modern King James verseion

Blessed are those who keep judgment, he who does righteousness at all times.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Blessed are they that always keep judgment, and do righteousness.

NET Bible

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

New Heart English Bible

Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

The Emphasized Bible

How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.

Webster

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

World English Bible

Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

Youngs Literal Translation

O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אשׁר 
'esher 
Usage: 45

שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Faithfulness In Israel's History

2 Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord,
Or can show forth all His praise?
3 How blessed are those who keep justice,
Who practice righteousness at all times!
4 Remember me, O Lord, in Your favor toward Your people;
Visit me with Your salvation,


Cross References

Psalm 15:2

He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness,
And speaks truth in his heart.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.

Galatians 6:9

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

James 1:25

But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Deuteronomy 5:19

You shall not steal.

Deuteronomy 11:1

“You shall therefore love the Lord your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

Psalm 1:1-3

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

Psalm 84:11-12

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord gives grace and glory;
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 119:1-3

Aleph.
How blessed are those whose way is blameless,
Who walk in the law of the Lord.

Psalm 119:20

My soul is crushed with longing
After Your ordinances at all times.

Psalm 119:44

So I will keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn and I will confirm it,
That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.

Psalm 119:112

I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, even to the end.

Isaiah 56:1-2

Thus says the Lord,
Preserve justice and do righteousness,
For My salvation is about to come
And My righteousness to be revealed.

Isaiah 64:5

You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, You were angry, for we sinned,
We continued in them a long time;
And shall we be saved?

Jeremiah 22:15-16

“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
And do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.

Ezekiel 18:21-22

“But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Mark 3:35

For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

Luke 1:74-75

To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,

Luke 6:47-49

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like:

Luke 11:28

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

Luke 11:42

But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

John 13:17

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

John 14:21-23

He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”

John 15:14

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Acts 24:16

In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

Romans 2:7

to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

Revelation 7:15

For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

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