Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
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- WEB They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
- KJV And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- NKJV And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- NASB They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
- NLT Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations.
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Zacharias and Elizabeth were genuinely righteous, obeying God's commands blamelessly. They were faithful covenant believers, not sinless but devout.
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Their righteousness describes sincere, wholehearted obedience and faith, not moral perfection. Scripture commends them as examples of godly Israelites awaiting God's salvation. Such uprightness flows from grace and points forward to the perfect righteousness found only in Christ.
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- Gen 7:1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Phil 2:15so 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
- 1 Kgs 9:4And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
- Col 1:22But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
- 2 Pet 3:14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
- Titus 3:3–7For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- 1 Th 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
- Job 1:8Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
- Titus 2:11–14For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
- Phil 3:6–9as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
- 1 Jn 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- 1 Jn 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
- 2 Kgs 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Gen 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- Acts 23:1Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
- 1 Jn 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- Ps 119:6Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
- Rom 3:9–25What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
- 1 Cor 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
- 2 Cor 1:12And 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.
- Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
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