Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Proverbs 21:21 - King James Version - American Edition He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy Findeth life, righteousness, and honour. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who earnestly seeks after and craves righteousness, mercy, and loving-kindness will find life in addition to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) and honor. [Prov. 15:9; Matt. 5:6.] American Standard Version (1901) He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor. Common English Bible Those who pursue righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever follows justice and mercy shall discover life, justice, and glory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, and glory. |
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
As righteousness tendeth to life; so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honor, and life.
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: