Proverbs 15:9
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9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But He loves him who (A)follows righteousness.
1 Timothy 6:11
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The Good Confession
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
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Proverbs 21:21
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21 (A)He who follows righteousness and mercy
Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Matthew 7:13
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The Narrow Way(A)
13 (B)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
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Habakkuk 1:13
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13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
Hosea 6:3
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3 (A)Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established (B)as the morning;
(C)He will come to us (D)like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
Jeremiah 44:4
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4 However (A)I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!”
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2 Timothy 2:22
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22 (A)Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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Isaiah 51:7
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7 “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
You people (A)in whose heart is My law:
(B)Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.
Isaiah 51:1
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The Lord Comforts Zion(A)
51 “Listen to Me, (B)you who [a]follow after righteousness,
You who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:1 pursue
Isaiah 26:7
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:7 Or make level
Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of [a]a guilty man is perverse;
But as for the pure, his work is right.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:8 Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;
Proverbs 21:4
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:4 Or lamp
Proverbs 4:19
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19 (A)The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.
Psalm 146:8-9
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8 (A)The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
(B)The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
9 (C)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
(D)But the way of the wicked He [a]turns upside down.
Footnotes
- Psalm 146:9 Lit. makes crooked
Psalm 1:6
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6 For (A)the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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