Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,
but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.”
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
“The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; whoever guards his way preserves his life.
Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
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