Proverbs 21:21

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

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  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  • Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Phil 3:12 : 12 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.
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 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 honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
  • Prov 22:4 : 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 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.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 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.
  • Rom 2:7-9 : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

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    27He that diligently seeketh good ocureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

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    20He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

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    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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