Ezekiel 14:20
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20 even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.
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1 John 3:10
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10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, (A)nor is the one who (B)does not love his brother.
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1 John 3:7
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7 Little children, (A)let no one deceive you. (B)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
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1 John 2:29
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29 If you know that (A)he is righteous, you may be sure that (B)everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
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Acts 10:35
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35 but (A)in every nation anyone who fears him and (B)does what is right is acceptable to him.
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Zephaniah 2:3
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3 (A)Seek the Lord, (B)all you humble of the land,
who do his just commands;[a]
(C)seek righteousness; seek humility;
(D)perhaps (E)you may be hidden
on the day of the anger of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his judgment
Hosea 10:12
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12 (A)Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
(B)break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and (C)rain righteousness upon you.
Ezekiel 18:22
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22 (A)None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.
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Ezekiel 14:16
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16 even if these three men were in it, (A)as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They alone would be delivered, but (B)the land would be desolate.
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Isaiah 3:10
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10 (A)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
(B)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Psalm 33:18-19
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18 Behold, (A)the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
(B)on those who hope in his steadfast love,
19 that he may (C)deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in (D)famine.
Job 5:19-24
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19 He will (A)deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no (B)evil[a] shall touch you.
20 (C)In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You shall be (D)hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear (E)the beasts of the earth.
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 You shall know that your (F)tent is at peace,
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
Footnotes
- Job 5:19 Or disaster
Ezekiel 18:20
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20 (A)The soul who sins shall die. (B)The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. (C)The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, (D)and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
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