Psalm 15

New American Standard Bible

Description of a Citizen of Zion.

A Psalm of David.

15 Lord, who may reside ^(A)in Your tent?
Who may settle on Your ^(B)holy hill?
²One who ^(C)walks with integrity, practices righteousness,
And ^(D)speaks truth in his heart.
³He ^(E)does not slander ^[a]with his tongue,
Nor ^(F)do evil to his neighbor,
Nor ^(G)bring shame on his friend;
⁴A despicable person is despised in his eyes,
But he ^(H)honors those who fear the Lord;
He ^(I)takes an oath to his own detriment, and does not change;
⁵He ^(J)does not ^[b]lend his money ^[c]at interest,
Nor ^(K)does he take a bribe against the innocent.
^(L)One who does these things will never be shaken.

Footnotes

Psalm 15:3 Lit according to
Psalm 15:5 Lit give
Psalm 15:5 I.e., to a fellow Israelite

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your ^[a]towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. ¹⁹^(A)You shall not distort justice, ^(B)you shall not ^[b]show partiality; and ^(C)you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous. ²⁰Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that ^(D)you may live and possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 16:18 Lit gates
Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit recognize faces

1 Peter 3:8-12

New American Standard Bible

⁸^[a]To sum up, ^(A)all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, ^[b]^(B)loving, ^(C)compassionate, and ^(D)humble; ⁹^(E)not returning evil for evil or ^(F)insult for insult, but giving a ^(G)blessing instead; for ^(H)you were called for the very purpose that you would ^(I)inherit a blessing. ¹⁰For,

“^(J)The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
¹¹^(K)He must turn away from evil and do good;
He must seek peace and pursue it.
¹²^(L)For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears attend to their prayer,
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers.”