Romans 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:
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Romans 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:
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Genesis 6:11
And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.
Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.
Genesis 10:9
He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
2 Chronicles 34:27
And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.
Matthew 10:15
Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.
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Exodus 35:1
And Moses sent for all the children of Israel to come together, and said to them, This is what the Lord has said and these are his orders.
Matthew 7:26
And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
Matthew 7:27
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
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Numbers 15:30
But the person who does wrong in the pride of his heart, if he is one of you or of another nation by birth, is acting without respect for the Lord, and will be cut off from his people.
Numbers 15:31
Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.
Psalms 119:126
It is time, O Lord, for you to let your work be seen; for they have made your law without effect.
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Deuteronomy 27:26
Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.
Jeremiah 11:2
Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,
Jeremiah 11:3
The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,
Jeremiah 11:4
To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:
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Deuteronomy 30:12
They are not in heaven, for you to say, Who will go up to heaven for us and give us knowledge of them so that we may do them?
Deuteronomy 30:13
And they are not across the sea, for you to say, Who will go over the sea for us and give us news of them so that we may do them?
Deuteronomy 30:14
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
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2 Kings 4:5
So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them.
2 Kings 4:6
And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped.
2 Kings 4:7
So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.
2 Kings 4:8
Now there came a day when Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a woman of high position living there, who made him come in and have a meal with her. And after that, every time he went by, he went into her house for a meal.
2 Kings 4:32
And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed.
2 Kings 4:33
So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.
2 Kings 4:34
Then he got up on the bed, stretching himself out on the child, and put his mouth on the child's mouth, his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands; and the child's body became warm.
2 Kings 4:35
Then he came back, and after walking once through the house and back, he went up, stretching himself out on the child seven times; and the child's eyes became open.
2 Kings 4:36
And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice. And he said, Take up your son.
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Psalms 16:10
For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.
Psalms 16:11
You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.
Isaiah 57:2
They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
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2 Chronicles 15:2
And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.
2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
2 Chronicles 19:11
And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.
Psalms 18:25
On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
Psalms 18:26
He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
John 14:23
Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.
John 14:24
He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
Philippians 4:9
The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
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Isaiah 56:3
And let not the man from a strange country, who has been joined to the Lord, say, The Lord will certainly put a division between me and his people: and let not the unsexed man say, See, I am a dry tree.
Isaiah 56:4
For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me:
Isaiah 56:5
I will give to them in my house, and inside my walls, a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off.
Hosea 14:9
He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.
Hebrews 8:8
For, protesting against them, he says, See, the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;
Hebrews 8:11
And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This is the knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, great and small.
Hebrews 8:12
And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.
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Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
Psalms 24:5
He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalms 25:10
All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.
Psalms 50:23
Whoever makes an offering of praise gives glory to me; and to him who is upright in his ways I will make clear the salvation of God.
Psalms 103:17
But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
Psalms 103:18
If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them.
Isaiah 56:1
The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen.
Isaiah 56:2
Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah 56:6
And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me:
Zephaniah 2:3
Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
Hebrews 8:9
Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand, to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; for they did not keep the agreement with me, and I gave them up, says the Lord.
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:
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Ezekiel 18:5
But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,
Ezekiel 18:6
And has not taken flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel; if he has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, or come near to a woman at the time when she is unclean;
Ezekiel 18:7
And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;
Ezekiel 18:8
And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,
Ezekiel 18:9
And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 18:17
Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.
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Hosea 8:3
Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.
Matthew 25:11
After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.
Matthew 25:12
But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.
James 2:14
What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
James 2:17
Even so faith without works is dead.
James 2:19
You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.
James 2:20
Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
James 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.
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Micah 1:2
Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.
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Isaiah 4:2
In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel.
Malachi 3:1
See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
Malachi 3:2
But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.
Malachi 3:3
He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
Malachi 4:1
For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
Malachi 4:2
But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
Malachi 4:3
And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.
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Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 12:42
The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.
Luke 11:29
And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
Luke 11:30
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.
Luke 11:32
The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.
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Ezekiel 20:11
And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.
Matthew 19:17
And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.
Luke 10:25
And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
Luke 10:26
And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?
Luke 10:27
And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
Luke 10:28
And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.
Luke 10:29
But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
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Matthew 13:43
Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.
Luke 18:14
I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
John 3:15
So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.
John 3:16
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
John 3:36
He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
John 10:27
My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
John 10:28
And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
Romans 5:21
That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 8:31
What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Titus 3:6
Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
1 Peter 1:15
But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;
1 John 2:25
And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.
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John 10:34
In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods?
John 10:35
If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),
John 15:25
This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
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Isaiah 40:21
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?
Matthew 15:28
Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
Acts 13:27
For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
Acts 14:16
Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them.
Acts 14:17
But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.
Acts 15:21
For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.
Romans 2:21
You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?
Romans 2:22
You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?
Romans 3:1
How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision?
Romans 3:2
Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
Titus 1:16
They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.
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Acts 19:14
And there were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest, who did this.
Acts 19:15
And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?
Acts 19:16
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.
Acts 19:17
And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.
Acts 19:18
And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.
Acts 19:19
And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.
Acts 19:20
So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.
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Leviticus 5:17
And if anyone does wrong, and does any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, though he has no knowledge of it, still he is in the wrong and he is responsible.
Luke 12:47
And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;
John 9:41
Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.
Acts 17:30
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
Romans 1:21
Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.
Romans 1:28
And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
Romans 1:29
Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;
Romans 1:30
Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,
Romans 1:31
Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:
Romans 1:32
Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.
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;
James 4:17
The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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Romans 2:2
And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.
Romans 2:26
If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?
Romans 2:27
And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.
1 Timothy 1:9
With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,
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Deuteronomy 25:1
If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
1 Kings 8:32
Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving your decision against the wrongdoer, so that punishment for his sins may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.
Isaiah 5:23
Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul which does sin will be put to death: the son will not be made responsible for the evil-doing of the father, or the father for the evil-doing of the son; the righteousness of the upright will be on himself, and the evil-doing of the evil-doer on himself.
Malachi 1:6
A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
Matthew 12:37
For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
Matthew 25:46
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
Romans 4:3
But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
Romans 5:13
Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.
Ephesians 2:8
Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
James 2:9
But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
1 Peter 2:24
He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
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Matthew 5:19
Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
Luke 8:21
But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.
Romans 3:23
For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;
Romans 6:23
For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 7:9
And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;
Romans 8:29
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
Romans 10:9
Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:
Galatians 2:19
For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.
Galatians 3:13
Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
Revelation 22:14
A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.
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Romans 3:8
Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.
Romans 6:1
What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?
Romans 6:4
We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 9:13
Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.
Romans 11:25
For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
1 Corinthians 12:13
For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;
James 1:26
If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
James 3:1
Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.
1 John 2:26
I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.
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Romans 4:8
Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.
Romans 4:13
For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 6:12
For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;
Romans 7:4
In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
Galatians 5:18
But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Hebrews 10:1
For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.
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Proverbs 21:21
He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
Malachi 1:11
For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
John 4:23
But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.
Romans 3:26
And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.
Romans 5:1
For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
1 Corinthians 6:9
Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
Ephesians 5:9
(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
Philippians 3:9
And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
1 John 2:3
And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.
1 John 2:29
If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.
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1 Corinthians 5:13
As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.
1 Corinthians 9:20
And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.
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2 Corinthians 9:6
But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.
Galatians 6:7
Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
Galatians 6:8
Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
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Luke 15:32
But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
Romans 6:13
And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 8:4
So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.
Romans 9:32
Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;
Galatians 3:28
There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
Galatians 4:5
That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 5:6
Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean:
3 John 1:11
My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
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Luke 1:75
In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
Luke 6:48
He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.
Romans 4:4
Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.
Romans 6:16
Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.
Romans 6:17
But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;
Romans 6:18
And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.
Romans 8:1
For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
Galatians 3:23
But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.
Ephesians 2:9
Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.
Philippians 1:11
Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.
James 1:24
For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.
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James 5:1
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
James 5:2
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.
James 5:3
Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.
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Psalms 106:3
Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.
Psalms 143:2
Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
Matthew 5:20
For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 25:34
Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:
Acts 15:9
Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
Romans 9:14
What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.
Ephesians 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,
1 John 2:17
And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
1 John 5:11
And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Revelation 1:3
A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near.
Revelation 22:7
See, I come quickly. A blessing on him who keeps the words of this book of the prophet.
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