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Righteous: Described Exodus 33:16

For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

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Righteous: Described 1 Samuel 13:14

But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

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Righteous: Described Ezra 10:3

So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

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Righteous: Described Psalm 1:1, 2

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. / But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

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Righteous: Described Psalm 4:3

Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

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Righteous: Described Psalm 15:1–5

A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain? / He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart, / who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

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Righteous: Described Psalm 24:3–5

Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? / He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully. / He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.

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Righteous: Described Psalm 37:26, 30, 31

They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing. / The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. / The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

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Righteous: Described Psalm 64:10

Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

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Righteous: Described Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

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Righteous: Described Psalm 87:5, 6

And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.” / The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah

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Righteous: Described Psalm 112:1–10

Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments. / His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. / Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

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Righteous: Described Psalm 119:1–3

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. / Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. / They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

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Righteous: Described Proverbs 2:9–12

Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path. / For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. / Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

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Righteous: Described Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

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Righteous: Described Proverbs 13:5

The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.

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Righteous: Described Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

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Righteous: Described Isaiah 33:15, 16

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil— / he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

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Righteous: Described Isaiah 51:1

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

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Righteous: Described Isaiah 54:13

Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.

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Righteous: Described Isaiah 60:21

Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

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Righteous: Described Isaiah 62:12

And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

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Righteous: Described Isaiah 63:8

For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.

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Righteous: Described Jeremiah 31:12–14, 33, 34

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. / Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. / I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.

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Righteous: Described Ezekiel 18:5–9

Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: / He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period. / He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

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Righteous: Described Ezekiel 44:9

This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

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Righteous: Described Zechariah 3:2, 7, 8

And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?” / “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here. / Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.

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Righteous: Described Matthew 5:3–10, 13–16

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. / Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

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Righteous: Described Matthew 7:16–20, 24–27

By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

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Righteous: Described Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

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Righteous: Described Matthew 13:23, 38

But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.” / The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

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Righteous: Described Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

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Righteous: Described Mark 10:14, 15

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. / Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

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Righteous: Described Luke 6:45

The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

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Righteous: Described Luke 18:16, 17

But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. / Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

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Righteous: Described John 3:21

But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”

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Righteous: Described John 8:31, 32, 39, 42, 47

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. / Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” / “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.

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Righteous: Described John 10:4, 5, 27

When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. / But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.” / My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

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Righteous: Described John 13:35

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

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Righteous: Described John 15:14

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

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Righteous: Described Acts 2:38, 47

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. / praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

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Righteous: Described Acts 8:36, 37

As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?” / 0

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Righteous: Described Acts 10:47

“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

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Righteous: Described Acts 11:23, 24

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts. / Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

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Righteous: Described Acts 18:7, 8

So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God. / Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.

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Righteous: Described Romans 1:6, 7

And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. / To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Righteous: Described Romans 6:1–23

What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? / Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer? / Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

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Righteous: Described Romans 8:5, 6, 9, 14–16, 29, 35–39

Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. / The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace, / You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

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Righteous: Described Romans 9:8

So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

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Righteous: Described Romans 15:14

I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

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Righteous: Described Romans 16:19

Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.

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Righteous: Described 1 Corinthians 1:2, 26, 27, 30

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: / Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. / But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

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Righteous: Described 1 Corinthians 2:12, 13

We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. / And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

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Righteous: Described 1 Corinthians 6:9–11

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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Righteous: Described 1 Corinthians 15:48, 49

As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. / And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

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Righteous: Described 2 Corinthians 1:12

And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

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Righteous: Described 2 Corinthians 4:1, 2

Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart. / Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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Righteous: Described 2 Corinthians 5:17, 21

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! / God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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Righteous: Described Galatians 5:22–26

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. / Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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Righteous: Described Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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Righteous: Described Ephesians 2:1, 4–6, 10, 13, 14, 19–22

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, / But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

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Righteous: Described Ephesians 3:17–19

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, / will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth / of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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Righteous: Described Ephesians 4:13–16, 22–32

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. / Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. / Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

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Righteous: Described Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

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Righteous: Described Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

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Righteous: Described Philippians 3:3

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

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Righteous: Described Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

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Righteous: Described Colossians 1:9–13

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, / so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, / being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

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Righteous: Described Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

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Righteous: Described Colossians 3:3

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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Righteous: Described 1 Thessalonians 1:3

and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Righteous: Described 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 5, 27

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. / For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. / I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

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Righteous: Described 2 Timothy 2:19, 21–25

Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.” / So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work. / He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

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Righteous: Described Philemon 1:5, 6

because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. / I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.

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Righteous: Described Hebrews 3:1, 6

Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. / But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

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Righteous: Described 1 Peter 2:5, 9, 10

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. / But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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Righteous: Described 1 Peter 4:1, 2

Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. / Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

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Righteous: Described 2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

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Righteous: Described 1 John 2:3, 5, 6, 12–15

By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. / But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: / Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

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Righteous: Described 1 John 3:2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 19

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. / And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure. / No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

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Righteous: Described 1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

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Righteous: Described 1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

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Righteous: Described 2 John 1:9

Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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Righteous: Described Revelation 1:6

who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

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Righteous: Described Revelation 14:4, 5

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. / And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

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Righteous: Described Revelation 17:14

They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

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