Noah and the Flood

This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.

The Covenant of Circumcision

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.

You must be blameless before the Lord your God.

I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

“To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

Prologue

In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?

“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

“Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?

let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—

The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart;

I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

Psalm 26

Of David.

Vindicate me, Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.

I lead a blameless life; deliver me and be merciful to me.

The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care, and their inheritance will endure forever.

Consider the blameless, observe the upright; a future awaits those who seek peace.

Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation.”