Doing the Right Thing
10 passages
- James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
Read it in context - Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Read it in context - Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Read it in context - Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Read it in context - Matthew 5:10–12
10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
Read it in context - Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Read it in context - Romans 7:15
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
Read it in context - Proverbs 31:8–9
8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. 9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Read it in context - 2 Chronicles 15:7
But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
Read it in context - Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
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