1 John 3:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Psalm 106:3

Blessed are they 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 above your fellows;

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 before him all the days of our life.

Acts 10:35

but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts,

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 5:9

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Hebrews 1:8

But of the Son he says, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the righteous scepter is the scepter of thy kingdom.

Hebrews 7:2

and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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 tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

1 John 2:26

I write this to you about those who would deceive you;

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.

1 John 3:18

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

1 John 3:3

And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

1 John 4:17

In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.