Psalm 15:2
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2 Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right
and speak the truth from their heart;(A)
Proverbs 28:18
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18 One who walks in integrity will be safe,
but whoever follows crooked ways will fall into the Pit.[a](A)
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- 28.18 Syr: Heb fall all at once
Ephesians 4:25
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Rules for the New Life
25 So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another.(A)
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Colossians 3:9
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9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices
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Psalm 34:12-13
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12 Which of you desires life
and covets many days to enjoy good?(A)
13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.(B)
Proverbs 2:7-8
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7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,(A)
8 guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.(B)
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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- 3.7 Other ancient authorities read Children
1 John 2:6
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6 whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.(A)
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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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Acts 10:35
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35 but in every people anyone who fears him and practices righteousness[a] is acceptable to him.(A)
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- 10.35 Or acts justly
Zechariah 8:16-17
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16 These are the things that you shall do: speak the truth to one another, render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace,(A) 17 do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these are things that I hate, says the Lord.”(B)
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Micah 2:7
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7 Should this be said, O house of Jacob?
Is the Lord’s patience exhausted?
Are these his doings?
Do not my words do good
to one who walks uprightly?
Psalm 24:4
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4 Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
who do not lift up their souls to what is false
and do not swear deceitfully.(A)
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