- But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”
- They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.
- “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.
- “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.
- If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.
- Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.”
- I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths. - Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you. - You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.
- For the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth.
- Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
- To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.
- Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow. - The one whose walk is blameless,
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from their heart;
whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others. - Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- A person finds joy in giving an apt reply—
and how good is a timely word! - Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. - Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.
- Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it. - Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
- We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
- He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he. - Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?
- Better a little with righteousness
than much gain with injustice. - See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness.
Bible verse of the day
My son, pay attention to what I say;turn your ear to my words.
Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart.