Job 22:3
English Standard Version
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,
or is it gain to him if you (A)make your ways blameless?
Psalm 119:3-6
English Standard Version
3 who also (A)do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!
4 You have commanded your (B)precepts
to be kept diligently.
5 Oh that my ways may (C)be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!
6 (D)Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
2 Corinthians 7:1
English Standard Version
7 Since we have these promises, beloved, (A)let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[a] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Greek flesh
Acts 24:16
English Standard Version
16 So I always (A)take pains to have a (B)clear conscience toward both God and man.
Read full chapter
Malachi 2:17
English Standard Version
The Messenger of the Lord
17 (A)You have wearied the Lord with your words. (B)But you say, “How have we wearied him?” (C)By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, (D)“Where is the God of justice?”
Read full chapter
Proverbs 15:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
Proverbs 12:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)Lying lips are (B)an abomination to the Lord,
(C)but those who act faithfully are his delight.
Proverbs 11:20
English Standard Version
20 Those of (A)crooked heart are (B)an abomination to the Lord,
but those of (C)blameless ways are (D)his delight.
Proverbs 11:1
English Standard Version
Psalm 147:10-11
English Standard Version
10 His delight is not in (A)the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord (B)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who (C)hope in his steadfast love.
Psalm 119:59
English Standard Version
59 When I (A)think on my ways,
I turn my feet to your testimonies;
Psalm 39:1
English Standard Version
What Is the Measure of My Days?
To the choirmaster: to (A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will (B)guard my ways,
that I (C)may not sin with my tongue;
I will (D)guard my mouth with a muzzle,
so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
Job 23:10-12
English Standard Version
10 But he (A)knows (B)the way that I (C)take;
when he has (D)tried me, I shall come out as gold.
11 My foot (E)has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have (F)not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have (G)treasured the words of his mouth more than my (H)portion of food.
1 Chronicles 29:17
English Standard Version
17 I know, my God, (A)that you test the heart and (B)have 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.
Read full chapter
Philippians 4:18
English Standard Version
18 I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, (A)having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, (B)a fragrant offering, (C)a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
Read full chapterThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Bible Gateway Recommends
