Isaiah 26:7
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7 The way of the righteous is level;
straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.(A)
Ephesians 2:10
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10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.(A)
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1 John 3:10
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10 The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.(A)
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1 John 3:7
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7 Little children,[a] let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
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2 Corinthians 1:12
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12 Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.(A)
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Isaiah 42:16
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16 I will lead the blind
by a road they do not know;
by paths they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
and I will not forsake them.(A)
Proverbs 20:7
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7 The righteous walk in integrity—
happy are the children who follow them!(A)
Psalm 11:7
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7 For the Lord is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds;
the upright shall behold his face.(A)
Psalm 1:6
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6 for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.(A)
Job 27:5-6
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5 Far be it from me to say that you are right;
until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.(A)
6 I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart will not reproach me as long as I live.(B)
1 Corinthians 4:5
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5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.(A)
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Isaiah 35:8
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8 A highway shall be there,[a]
and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,[b]
but it shall be for God’s people;[c]
no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.(A)
Psalm 18:23-26
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23 I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from guilt.
24 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.(A)
25 With the loyal you show yourself loyal;
with the blameless you show yourself blameless;(B)
26 with the pure you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.(C)
Job 31:6
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6 let me be weighed in a just balance,
and let God know my integrity!—(A)
1 Chronicles 29:17
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17 I know, my God, that you search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people who are present here offering freely and joyously to you.(A)
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Zephaniah 3:5
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5 The Lord within it is righteous;
he does no wrong.
Every morning he renders his judgment,
each dawn without fail,
but the unjust knows no shame.(A)
Psalm 11:4
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4 The Lord is in his holy temple;
the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes behold; his gaze examines humankind.(A)
1 Samuel 2:2-4
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2 There is no Holy One like the Lord,
no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.(A)
3 Talk no more so very proudly;
let not arrogance come from your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and by him actions are weighed.(B)
4 The bows of the mighty are broken,
but the feeble gird on strength.(C)
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