- Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
- In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust;
let me never be ashamed:
deliver me in thy righteousness. - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
- The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable:
but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. - But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Envy thou not the oppressor,
and choose none of his ways.
For the froward is abomination to the Lord:
but his secret is with the righteous. - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. - Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
- Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
- The Lord is righteous in all his ways,
and holy in all his works. - Hear my prayer, O Lord,
give ear to my supplications:
in thy faithfulness answer me,
and in thy righteousness. - All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
- Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Defend the poor and fatherless:
do justice to the afflicted and needy. - But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
- Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
- And therefore will the Lord wait,
that he may be gracious unto you,
and therefore will he be exalted,
that he may have mercy upon you:
for the Lord is a God of judgment:
blessed are all they that wait for him. - For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
- Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
- I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
- Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
- But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
- He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:
he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. - Good and upright is the Lord:
therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
The meek will he guide in judgment:
and the meek will he teach his way. - And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.
Bible verse of the day
For I the Lord thy Godwill hold thy right hand,
saying unto thee, Fear not;
I will help thee.