And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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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.
- BSB Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- 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.
Overview
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 7:1Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
- Phil 2:15that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
- 1 Kgs 9:4As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
- Acts 24:16Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
- Col 1:22yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
- 2 Pet 3:14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
- Titus 3:3–7For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
- 1 Th 3:13to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
- Job 1:8Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
- Titus 2:11–14For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
- Phil 3:6–9concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
- 1 Jn 2:3This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
- 1 Jn 3:7Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- 2 Kgs 20:3“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Gen 6:9This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
- Acts 23:1Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”
- 1 Jn 2:29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
- Ps 119:6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
- Rom 3:9–25What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.
- 1 Cor 11:2Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
- Job 9:2“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
- 2 Cor 1:12For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
- Luke 16:15He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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