When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.
Malachi 2:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in integrity and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The law of truth was in [Levi's] mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness and turned many away from iniquity. American Standard Version (1901) The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity. Common English Bible True Instruction was in his mouth; injustice wasn’t found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and did the right thing; he made many turn from iniquity. Catholic Public Domain Version The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned away many from iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace, and in equity, and turned many away from iniquity. |
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.
These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak justice.
Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the peaceable.
But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings.
Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge! Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me; and since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality.
And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.
So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and you show deference to no one but teach the way of God in accordance with truth.
to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
They teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they place incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi your Thummim and your Urim to your loyal one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah,
who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he ignored his kin and did not acknowledge his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant.