Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds. ¹ 

Then the Lord said to me, “Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah. ¹ 

He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it ¹  together so that it will not fall over.

When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

When Jesus saw their ¹  faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” ² 

But you rejected ¹  the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this. ¹ 

But they are justified ¹  freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

For we consider that a person ¹  is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law. ² 

Remind them to be subject to rulers and ¹  authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless ¹  men, ² 

May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ¹  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ²  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord’s law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. ¹  The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! ²  May the Lord be with those who do well!”

Draw me ¹  after you; let us hurry! ²  May the king ³  bring ⁴  me into his ⁵  bedroom chambers! ⁶  The Maidens ⁷  to the Lover: We will ⁸  rejoice and delight in you; ⁹  we will praise your love more than wine. The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!

“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die. ¹ 

“And you, son of man, say to your people, ¹  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. ²  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. ³  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness ⁴  if he sins.’ ⁵ 

Keep your distance ¹  from a false charge ²  – do not kill the innocent and the righteous, ³  for I will not justify the wicked. ⁴ 

“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see ¹  and subverts the words of the righteous.

And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just ¹  as this whole law ²  that I am about to share with ³  you today?

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.