Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;^[a] walk before me, and be ^(A)blameless,

¹³ I can do all things ^(A)through him who strengthens me.

^20 (A)Now to ^(B)him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, ^(C)according to the power at work within us,

Noah and the Flood

⁹ These are the generations of Noah. ^(A)Noah was a righteous man, ^(B)blameless in his generation. Noah ^(C)walked with God.

⁶ And they were both ^(A)righteous before God, walking ^(B)blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

³ and said, “Please, O Lord, remember how ^(A)I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Job's Character and Wealth

1 There was a man in the land of ^(A)Uz whose name was ^(B)Job, and that man was ^(C)blameless and upright, one who ^(D)feared God and ^(E)turned away from evil.

¹³ You shall be blameless before the Lord your God,

^48 (A)You therefore must be ^(B)perfect, ^(C)as your heavenly Father is perfect.