Psalms 85:13

World English Bible (2000)

Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. A Prayer by David.

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  • John 13:34 : 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
  • Ps 89:14 : 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
  • Isa 58:8 : 8 Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your rear guard.
  • Matt 20:27-28 : 27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
  • John 13:14-16 : 14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. 16 Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
  • Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
  • Phil 2:5-8 : 5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
  • Heb 12:1-2 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 Pet 2:18-24 : 18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. 19 For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. 20 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps, 22 who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth." 23 Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously; 24 who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
  • 1 Pet 4:1 : 1 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
  • Ps 119:35 : 35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
  • Ps 72:2-3 : 2 He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. 3 The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

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  • Ps 85:11-12
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    11Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

    12Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

  • 23A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

  • 7The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.

  • 20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;

  • Prov 2:8-9
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    8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

    9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

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    8Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

  • Ps 89:14-15
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    14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

    15Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

  • 31The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

  • 6he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

  • 3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

  • 9A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

  • 9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

  • 15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • 8Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your rear guard.

  • 28In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

  • 5My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

  • 3He pursues them, and passes by safely, Even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

  • 6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 20that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • 5Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

  • Ps 97:2-3
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    2Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

    3A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

  • 18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

  • Ps 25:8-10
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    8Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

    9He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

    10All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

  • 133Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.

  • 5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • 6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

  • 9Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

  • 25It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us."

  • 29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • 5Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.

  • 13before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

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    6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • 11My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.

  • 26Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

  • 5He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, righteousness from the God of his salvation.

  • 5He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.

  • 7he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

  • 3Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

  • 21and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."

  • 3His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.

  • 9Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

  • 12When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

  • 33God is my strong fortress. He makes my way perfect.

  • 7For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.