Verse 21

It pleased{H2654} Jehovah,{H3068} for his righteousness'{H6664} sake, to magnify{H1431} the law,{H8451} and make it honorable.{H142}

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight{H2654} to do{H6213} thy will,{H7522} O my God;{H430} Yea, thy law{H8451} is within{H8432} my heart.{H4578}
  • Ps 71:16 : 16 I will come{H935} with the mighty{H1369} acts of the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} I will make mention{H2142} of thy righteousness,{H6666} even of thine only.
  • Ps 71:19 : 19 Thy righteousness{H6666} also, O God,{H430} is very high;{H4791} Thou who hast done{H6213} great things,{H1419} O God,{H430} who is like unto thee?
  • Ps 85:9-9 : 9 Surely his salvation{H3468} is nigh{H7138} them that fear{H3373} him, That glory{H3519} may dwell{H7931} in our land.{H776} 10 Mercy{H2617} and truth{H571} are met together;{H6298} Righteousness{H6664} and peace{H7965} have kissed{H5401} each other. 11 Truth{H571} springeth out{H6779} of the earth;{H776} And righteousness{H6664} hath looked down{H8259} from heaven.{H8064} 12 Yea, Jehovah{H3068} will give{H5414} that which is good;{H2896} And our land{H776} shall yield{H5414} its increase.{H2981}
  • Isa 1:24-27 : 24 Therefore saith{H5002} the Lord,{H113} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the Mighty One{H46} of Israel,{H3478} Ah,{H1945} I will ease{H5162} me of mine adversaries,{H6862} and avenge{H5358} me of mine enemies;{H341} 25 and I will turn{H7725} my hand{H3027} upon thee, and thoroughly{H1253} purge away{H6884} thy dross,{H5509} and will take away{H5493} all thy tin;{H913} 26 and I will restore{H7725} thy judges{H8199} as at the first,{H7223} and thy counsellors{H3289} as at the beginning:{H8462} afterward{H310} thou shalt be called{H7121} The city{H5892} of righteousness,{H6664} a faithful{H539} town.{H7151} 27 Zion{H6726} shall be redeemed{H6299} with justice,{H4941} and her converts{H7725} with righteousness.{H6666}
  • Isa 42:4 : 4 He will not fail{H3543} nor be discouraged,{H7533} till he have set{H7760} justice{H4941} in the earth;{H776} and the isles{H339} shall wait{H3176} for his law.{H8451}
  • Isa 46:12-13 : 12 Hearken{H8085} unto me, ye stout-hearted,{H47} that are far from{H7350} righteousness:{H6666} 13 I bring near{H7126} my righteousness,{H6666} it shall not be far off,{H7368} and my salvation{H8668} shall not tarry;{H309} and I will place{H5414} salvation{H8668} in Zion{H6726} for Israel{H3478} my glory.{H8597}
  • Dan 9:24-27 : 24 Seventy{H7657} weeks{H7620} are decreed{H2852} upon thy people{H5971} and upon thy holy{H6944} city,{H5892} to finish{H3607} transgression,{H6588} and to make an end{H8552} of sins,{H2403} and to make reconciliation{H3722} for iniquity,{H5771} and to bring in{H935} everlasting{H5769} righteousness,{H6664} and to seal up{H2856} vision{H2377} and prophecy,{H5030} and to anoint{H4886} the most{H6944} holy.{H6944} 25 Know{H3045} therefore and discern,{H7919} that from the going forth{H4161} of the commandment{H1697} to restore{H7725} and to build{H1129} Jerusalem{H3389} unto the anointed{H4899} one, the prince,{H5057} shall be seven{H7651} weeks,{H7620} and threescore{H8346} and two{H8147} weeks:{H7620} it shall be built{H1129} again,{H7725} with street{H7339} and moat,{H2742} even in troublous{H6695} times.{H6256} 26 And after{H310} the threescore{H8346} and two{H8147} weeks{H7620} shall the anointed{H4899} one be cut off,{H3772} and shall have nothing: and the people{H5971} of the prince{H5057} that shall come{H935} shall destroy{H7843} the city{H5892} and the sanctuary;{H6944} and the end{H7093} thereof shall be with a flood,{H7858} and even unto the end{H7093} shall be war;{H4421} desolations{H8074} are determined.{H2782} 27 And he shall make a firm{H1396} covenant{H1285} with many{H7227} for one{H259} week:{H7620} and in the midst{H2677} of the week{H7620} he shall cause the sacrifice{H2077} and the oblation{H4503} to cease;{H7673} and upon the wing{H3671} of abominations{H8251} [shall come] one that maketh desolate;{H8074} and even unto the full end,{H3617} and that determined,{H2782} shall [wrath] be poured{H5413} out upon the desolate.{H8074}
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 But{G1161} Jesus{G2424} answering{G611} said{G2036} unto{G4314} him,{G846} Suffer{G863} [it]{G2076} now:{G737} for{G1063} thus{G3779} it becometh{G4241} us{G2254} to fulfil{G4137} all{G3956} righteousness.{G1343} Then{G5119} he suffereth{G863} him.{G846}
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 and{G2532} lo,{G2400} a voice{G5456} out{G1537} of the heavens,{G3772} saying,{G3004} This{G3778} is{G2076} my{G3450} beloved{G27} Son,{G5207} in{G1722} whom{G3739} I am well pleased.{G2106}
  • Matt 5:17-20 : 17 Think{G3543} not{G3361} that{G3754} I came{G2064} to destroy{G2647} the law{G3551} or{G2228} the prophets:{G4396} I{G2064} came{G3756} not{G3756} to destroy,{G2647} but{G235} to fulfil.{G4137} 18 For{G1063} verily{G281} I{G302} say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} Till{G2193} heaven{G3772} and{G2532} earth{G1093} pass{G3928} away, one{G1520} jot{G2503} or{G2228} one{G1520} tittle{G2762} shall{G3928} in no{G3756} wise{G3361} pass{G3928} away from{G575} the law,{G3551} till{G2193} all{G3956} things be accomplished.{G1096} 19 Whosoever{G3739} therefore{G3767} shall{G1437} break{G3089} one{G1520} of these{G5130} least{G1646} commandments,{G1785} and{G2532} shall teach{G1321} men{G444} so,{G3779} shall be called{G2564} least{G1646} in{G1722} the kingdom{G932} of heaven:{G3772} but{G1161} whosoever{G3739} shall{G302} do{G4160} and{G2532} teach{G1321} them, he{G3778} shall be called{G2564} great{G3173} in{G1722} the kingdom{G932} of heaven.{G3772} 20 For{G1063} I say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} that{G3754} except{G1437} your{G5216} righteousness{G1343} shall exceed{G4052} [the]{G4119} [righteousness]{G1343} of the scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} ye shall{G1525} in no{G3756} wise{G3361} enter{G1525} into{G1519} the kingdom{G932} of heaven.{G3772}
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While{G2980} he{G846} was yet{G2089} speaking,{G2980} behold,{G2400} a{G3507} bright{G5460} cloud{G3507} overshadowed{G1982} them:{G846} and{G2532} behold,{G2400} a voice{G5456} out of{G1537} the cloud,{G3507} saying,{G3004} This{G3778} is{G2076} my{G3450} beloved{G27} Son,{G5207} in{G1722} whom{G3739} I am well pleased;{G2106} hear ye{G191} him.{G846}
  • John 8:29 : 29 And{G2532} he that sent{G3992} me{G3165} is{G2076} with{G3326} me;{G1700} he{G3962} hath{G863} not{G3756} left{G863} me{G3165} alone;{G3441} for{G3754} I{G1473} do{G4160} always{G3842} the things that are pleasing{G701} to him.{G846}
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 When{G3753} therefore{G3767} he was gone out,{G1831} Jesus{G2424} saith,{G3004} Now{G3568} is{G1392} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} glorified,{G1392} and{G2532} God{G2316} is glorified{G1392} in{G1722} him;{G846} 32 and{G1487} God{G2316} shall{G1392} glorify{G1392} him{G846} in{G1722} himself,{G1438} and{G2532} straightway{G2117} shall{G1392} he glorify{G1392} him.{G846}
  • John 15:10 : 10 If{G1437} ye keep{G5083} my{G3450} commandments,{G1785} ye shall abide{G3306} in{G1722} my{G3450} love;{G26} even as{G2531} I{G1473} have kept{G5083} my{G3450} Father's{G3962} commandments,{G1785} and{G2532} abide{G3306} in{G1722} his{G846} love.{G26}
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I{G1473} glorified{G1392} thee{G4571} on{G1909} the earth,{G1093} having accomplished{G5048} the work{G2041} which{G3739} thou hast given{G1325} me{G3427} to{G2443} do.{G4160} 5 And{G2532} now,{G3568} Father,{G3962} glorify{G1392} thou{G4771} me{G3165} with{G3844} thine own self{G4572} with the glory{G1391} which{G3739} I had{G2192} with{G3844} thee{G4671} before{G4253} the world{G2889} was.{G1511}
  • Rom 3:25-26 : 25 whom{G3739} God{G2316} set forth{G4388} [to be] a propitiation,{G2435} through{G1223} faith,{G4102} in{G1722} his{G846} blood,{G129} to{G1519} show{G1732} his{G846} righteousness{G1343} because{G1223} of the passing over{G3929} of the sins{G265} done aforetime,{G4266} in the forbearance of God; 26 for{G4314} the showing,{G1732} [I say], of his{G846} righteousness{G1343} at{G1722} this{G3568} present season:{G2540} that{G1519} he{G846} might himself be{G1511} just,{G1342} and{G2532} the justifier{G1344} of him that hath faith{G4102} in Jesus.{G2424}
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we{G2673} then{G3767} make the law{G3551} of none effect{G2673} through{G1223} faith?{G4102} God forbid:{G1096} nay,{G235} we establish{G2476} the law.{G3551}
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 So{G5620} that the law{G3551} is holy,{G40} and{G2532} the commandment{G1785} holy,{G40} and{G2532} righteous,{G1342} and{G2532} good.{G18}
  • Rom 8:3-4 : 3 For{G1063} what{G3588} the law{G3551} could not do,{G102} in{G1722} that{G3739} it was weak{G770} through{G1223} the flesh,{G4561} God,{G2316} sending{G3992} his own{G1438} Son{G5207} in{G1722} the likeness{G3667} of sinful{G266} flesh{G4561} and{G2532} for{G4012} sin,{G266} condemned{G2632} sin{G266} in{G1722} the flesh:{G4561} 4 that{G2443} the ordinance{G1345} of the law{G3551} might be fulfilled{G4137} in{G1722} us,{G2254} who walk{G4043} not{G3361} after{G2596} the flesh,{G4561} but{G235} after{G2596} the Spirit.{G4151}
  • Rom 10:4 : 4 For{G1063} Christ{G5547} is the end{G5056} of the law{G3551} unto{G1519} righteousness{G1343} to every one{G3956} that believeth.{G4100}
  • 2 Cor 5:19-21 : 19 to wit,{G5613} that{G3754} God{G2316} was{G2258} in{G1722} Christ{G5547} reconciling{G2644} the world{G2889} unto himself,{G1438} not{G3361} reckoning{G3049} unto them{G846} their{G846} trespasses,{G3900} and{G2532} having committed{G5087} unto{G1722} us{G2254} the word{G3056} of reconciliation.{G2643} 20 We are ambassadors{G4243} therefore{G3767} on behalf{G5228} of Christ,{G5547} as though{G5613} God{G2316} were entreating{G3870} by{G1223} us:{G2257} we beseech{G1189} [you] on{G5228} behalf{G5547} of Christ, be ye reconciled{G2644} to God.{G2316} 21 {G1063} Him{G4160} who knew{G1097} no{G3361} sin{G266} he made [to be] sin{G266} on our{G2257} behalf;{G5228} that{G2443} we{G2249} might become{G1096} the righteousness{G1343} of God{G2316} in{G1722} him.{G846}
  • Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ{G5547} redeemed{G1805} us{G2248} from{G1537} the curse{G2671} of the law,{G3551} having become{G1096} a curse{G2671} for{G5228} us;{G2257} for{G1063} it is written,{G1125} Cursed{G1944} is every one{G3956} that{G3588} hangeth{G2910} on{G1909} a tree:{G3586}
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law{G3551} then{G3767} against{G2596} the promises{G1860} of God?{G3361} God forbid:{G1096} for{G1063} if{G1487} there had been{G1325} a law{G3551} given{G1325} which{G3588} could make{G1410} alive,{G2227} verily{G3689} {G302} righteousness{G1343} would have been{G2258} of{G1537} the law.{G3551}
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But{G1161} the fruit{G2590} of the Spirit{G4151} is{G2076} love,{G26} joy,{G5479} peace,{G1515} longsuffering,{G3115} kindness,{G5544} goodness,{G19} faithfulness,{G4102} 23 meekness,{G4236} self-control;{G1466} against{G2596} such{G5108} there is{G2076} no{G3756} law.{G3551}
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 and{G2532} be found{G2147} in{G1722} him,{G846} not{G3361} having{G2192} a righteousness{G1343} of{G1537} mine own,{G1699} [even] that which is{G3588} of{G1537} the law,{G3551} but{G235} that which is{G3588} through{G1223} faith{G4102} in Christ,{G5547} the righteousness{G1343} which is{G3588} from God{G2316} by{G1909} faith:{G4102}
  • Heb 8:10 : 10 For{G3754} this{G3778} is the covenant{G1242} that{G3739} I will make{G1303} with the house{G3624} of Israel{G2474} After{G3326} those{G1565} days,{G2250} saith{G3004} the Lord;{G2962} I will{G1924} put{G1325} my{G3450} laws{G3551} into{G1519} their{G846} mind,{G1271} And{G2532} on{G1909} their{G846} heart{G2588} also will I write{G1924} them:{G846} And{G2532} I will be{G2071} to them{G846} {G1519} a God,{G2316} And{G2532} they{G846} shall be{G2071} to me{G3427} {G1519} a people:{G2992}
  • 1 John 3:4-5 : 4 Every one{G3956} that doeth{G4160} sin{G266} doeth{G4160} also{G2532} lawlessness;{G4160} and{G2532} sin{G266} is{G2076} lawlessness.{G458} 5 And{G2532} ye know{G1492} that{G3754} he{G1565} was manifested{G5319} to{G2443} take away{G142} {G2257} sins;{G266} and{G2532} in{G1722} him{G846} is{G2076} no{G3756} sin.{G266}