Steadfast righteousness leads to life, but pursuing evil ends in death.
Deuteronomy 16:20 - Tree of Life Version Justice, justice you must pursue, so that you may live and possess the land that Adonai your God is giving you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Follow what is altogether just (uncompromisingly righteous), that you may live and inherit the land which your God gives you. American Standard Version (1901) That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. Common English Bible Righteousness! Pursue righteousness so that you live long and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall justly pursue what is just, so that you may live and possess the land, which the Lord your God will give to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt follow justly after that which is just: that thou mayst live and possess the land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee. |
Steadfast righteousness leads to life, but pursuing evil ends in death.
walks in My laws and keeps My statutes, behaving honestly. Such a person is just—he will surely live.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
He has told you, humanity, what is good, and what Adonai is seeking from you: Only to practice justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on Torah, “The man who does these things shall live by them.”
You are not to plant for yourself an Asherah pole of any kind of wood beside the altar of Adonai your God that you make for yourself.
“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and possess the land that Adonai the God of your fathers is giving you.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise—dwell on these things.