Blessed are those who maintain justice, who do what is right at all times.
Isaiah 56:1 - Tree of Life Version Thus says Adonai: “Preserve justice, do righteousness. For My salvation is about to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THUS SAYS the Lord: Keep justice, do and use righteousness (conformity to the will of God which brings salvation), for My salvation is soon to come and My righteousness (My rightness and justice) to be revealed. [Isa. 62:1, 11; Matt. 3:2; Luke 21:31; Rom. 13:11, 12.] American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Common English Bible The LORD says: Act justly and do what is righteous, because my salvation is coming soon, and my righteousness will be revealed. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: Preserve judgment, and accomplish justice. For my salvation is close to its arrival, and my justice is close to being revealed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version THUS saith the Lord: Keep ye judgment and do justice, for my salvation is near to come and my justice to be revealed. |
Blessed are those who maintain justice, who do what is right at all times.
A sacrifice of praise honors Me, and to the one who orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Let me hear what God Adonai will say. For He will speak shalom to His people, and to His kedoshim— but let them not turn back to folly.
Adonai is exalted, for He dwells on high! He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
I bring My justice near, it is not far off. So My salvation will not delay. I put salvation in Zion, My glory in Israel.”
My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone out, and My arms will judge the nations. The coastlands will wait for Me— for My arm they will wait expectantly.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous one his thoughts, let him return to Adonai, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
For I, Adonai, love justice. I hate robbery in the burnt offering. In faithfulness I will reward My people and cut an eternal covenant with them.
For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a filthy garment, and all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away, like the wind.
“Seventy weeks are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to put an end to transgression to bring sin to an end, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
So you should return to your God, keep covenant loyalty and justice, and wait for your God continually.
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.
I will bear the indignation of Adonai, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I will behold His righteousness.
From then on, Yeshua began to proclaim, “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
“Now is the fullness of time,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near! Turn away from your sins, and believe in the Good News!”
If anyone wants to do His will, he will know whether My teaching comes from God or it is Myself speaking.
In it the righteousness of God is revealed, from trust to trust. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by emunah.”