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Bible Verses About righteous living

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Discover 14 powerful Bible verses about righteous living. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential theology & doctrine topic.

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TranslationKey Verse: James 1:19
King James (KJV)Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. honest: or, venerable
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. ye: or, fulfil not
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. compass: Heb. crown
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. soweth: Heb. sendeth forth
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

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