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.
2 Samuel 22:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I was also upright before him, And have kept myself from mine iniquity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I was also blameless before Him and kept myself from guilt and iniquity. American Standard Version (1901) I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity. Common English Bible I have lived with integrity before him; I’ve kept myself from wrongdoing. Catholic Public Domain Version And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my 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 generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
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.
Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.
Jesus saw Nathana-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,