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Luke 1:6

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4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

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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

    And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

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  • Genesis 17:1

    And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

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  • Philippians 2:15

    That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

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  • 1 Kings 9:4

    And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

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  • Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

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  • Acts 24:16

    And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

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  • Colossians 1:22

    In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

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  • Titus 3:3–7

    For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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