'Devout' in the Bible
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem {whose name was} Simeon, and this man [was] righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.
Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.
And devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
devout and fearing God together with all his household, doing many charitable deeds for the people and praying to God {continually}.
And when the angel who spoke to him departed, he summoned two of the household slaves and a devout soldier from those who attended him,
And [after] the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them [and] were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.
But the Jews incited the devout women of high social standing and the most prominent men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their district.
And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live [there],
but hospitable, loving what is good, prudent, just, devout, self-controlled,
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