1 John 3:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

Cross References

Psalm 106:3

Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.

Psalm 45:7

you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:75

in holiness and righteousness in his presence all our days.

Acts 10:35

but in every people anyone who fears him and practices righteousness is acceptable to him.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight but the doers of the law who will be justified.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, men who engage in illicit sex,

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.

Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.

Philippians 1:11

having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.

Hebrews 1:8

But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom.

Hebrews 7:2

and to him Abraham apportioned “one-tenth of everything.” His name, in the first place, means “king of righteousness”; next, he is also king of Salem, that is, “king of peace.”

James 1:22

But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

James 2:19

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,

1 John 2:26

I write these things to you concerning those who would deceive you.

1 John 2:29

If you perceive that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who does right has been born of him.

1 John 3:18

Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.

1 John 3:3

And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

1 John 4:17

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.