Acts 24:16
And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
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Acts 24:16
And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
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Acts 23:1
And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
Romans 9:1
I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 13:18
Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.
Romans 2:15
Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;
1 Corinthians 4:4
For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;
Job 27:6
I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.
John 8:9
And when his words came to their ears, they went out one by one, starting with the oldest even to the last, because they were conscious of what was in their hearts: and Jesus was there by himself with the woman before him.
Romans 14:22
The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.
2 Corinthians 5:11
Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
Hebrews 4:13
And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
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Acts 24:14
But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:
Acts 24:15
Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.
Acts 24:16
And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
Acts 24:17
Now after a number of years I came to give help and offerings to my nation:
Acts 24:18
And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,
Acts 24:19
And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me.
Acts 24:20
Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,
Acts 24:21
But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.
Acts 23:6
But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.
Acts 23:7
And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.
Acts 23:9
And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
Acts 23:2
And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.
Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?
Acts 24:5
For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:
Acts 24:6
Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,
Acts 24:12
And they have not seen me in argument with any man in the Temple, or working up the feelings of the people, in the Synagogues or in the town:
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1 Peter 3:16
Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.
1 Timothy 1:19
Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:
1 Timothy 3:9
Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.
Titus 1:15
To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.
1 Peter 2:19
For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.
1 Corinthians 8:7
Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.
1 Corinthians 10:25
Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;
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Philippians 1:10
So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;
Philippians 1:11
Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31
So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Psalms 106:3
Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.
Romans 12:2
And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
Romans 12:17
Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
Philippians 1:16
These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:
Philippians 2:15
So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
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1 Timothy 1:5
But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
2 Timothy 1:3
I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day
Romans 13:5
So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.
Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
1 Peter 3:21
And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;
1 Timothy 4:2
Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;
2 Corinthians 4:2
And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
1 Corinthians 4:3
But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.
Proverbs 20:27
The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
Hosea 7:2
And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
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Luke 1:6
They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
2 Kings 20:3
O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
2 Chronicles 31:20
This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.
Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
1 Kings 9:4
As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;
1 Kings 15:14
The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
Job 1:8
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?
Psalms 32:2
Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Isaiah 38:3
O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
Micah 6:8
He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.
Luke 2:25
And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Luke 2:37
She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
Acts 10:22
And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.
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1 John 3:21
My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;
Daniel 6:22
My God has sent his angel to keep the lions' mouths shut, and they have done me no damage: because I was seen to be without sin before him; and further, before you, O King, I have done no wrong.
Daniel 6:23
Then the king was very glad, and gave orders for them to take Daniel up out of the hole. So Daniel was taken up out of the hole and he was seen to be untouched, because he had faith in his God.
Psalms 18:20
The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
Psalms 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
Psalms 18:22
For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
Psalms 18:23
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
Psalms 18:24
Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
1 Samuel 24:11
And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.
1 Samuel 24:12
May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.
1 Samuel 24:13
There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.
Psalms 84:11
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
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Titus 2:10
Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,
Titus 2:12
Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;
Titus 2:13
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
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1 John 3:19
In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
1 John 3:20
When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
Psalms 26:1
Of David. O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.
Psalms 26:6
I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
Psalms 66:18
I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
Acts 25:8
Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.
Acts 25:10
And Paul said, I am before the seat of Caesar's authority where it is right for me to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you are well able to see.
Acts 25:11
If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.
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Acts 24:10
Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:
Acts 24:11
Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship;
Acts 24:13
And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.
Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.
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Matthew 22:37
And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Matthew 22:38
This is the first and greatest rule.
Matthew 22:39
And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
Matthew 22:40
On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
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1 Timothy 1:15
It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:
Acts 26:9
For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.
Philippians 3:6
In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
1 Timothy 1:13
Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;
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Psalms 119:6
Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
2 Chronicles 14:2
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;
2 Chronicles 29:2
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.
Zephaniah 3:13
The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.
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Deuteronomy 29:19
If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:
Jeremiah 8:11
And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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Psalms 119:10
I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.
Psalms 119:11
I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
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Proverbs 4:24
Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
Proverbs 4:25
Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
Proverbs 4:26
Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
Proverbs 4:27
Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
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2 Peter 1:5
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
2 Peter 1:6
And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
2 Peter 1:7
And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
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1 John 3:8
The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.
1 John 3:9
Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.
1 John 3:10
In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
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