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Luke 1:6

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4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

8 One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

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BSB
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
KJV
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
WEB
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
ASV
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
DARBY
And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
BLB
And they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commandments and righteous requirements of the Lord, blameless.
ÅB
De var begge rettferdige for Gud, og vandret ulastelig i alle Herrens bud og forskrifter.
OTB
De var begge rettferdige for Gud, og vandret ulastelig i alle Herrens bud og forskrifter.
B1930
De var begge rettferdige for Gud, og vandret ulastelig i alle Herrens bud og forskrifter.

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  • Genesis 7:1

    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

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  • Genesis 17:1

    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

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  • Philippians 2:15

    so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

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  • 1 Kings 9:4

    And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

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  • Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

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  • Acts 24:16

    In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

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  • Colossians 1:22

    But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

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  • Titus 3:3–7

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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