RIGHTEOUS COMPARED WITH: Jewels Malachi 3:17 Gold Job 23:10; Lamentations 4:2 Vessels of gold and silver 2Timothy 2:20 Stones of a crown Zechariah 9:16 Living stones 1Peter 2:5 Babies Matthew 11:25; 1Peter 2:2 Little children Matthew 18:3; 1Corinthians 14:20 Obedient children 1Peter 1:14 Members of the body 1Corinthians 12:20,27 Soldiers 2Timothy 2:3,4 Runners in a race 1Corinthians 9:24; Hebrews 12:1 Wrestlers 2Timothy 2:5 Good servants Matthew 25:21 Strangers and pilgrims 1Peter 2:11 Sheep Psalms 78:52; Matthew 25:33; John 10 Lambs Isaiah 40:11; John 21:15 Calves of the stall Malachi 4:2 Lions Proverbs 28:1; Micah 5:8 Eagles Psalms 103:5; Isaiah 40:31 Doves Psalms 68:13; Isaiah 60:8 Thirsting deer Psalms 42:1 Good fish Matthew 13:48 Dew and showers Micah 5:7 Watered gardens Isaiah 58:11 Unfailing springs Isaiah 58:11 Vines Solomon 6:11; Hosea 14:7 Branches of a vine John 15:2,4,5 Pomegranates Solomon 4:13 Good figs Jeremiah 24:2-7 Lilies Solomon 2:2; Hosea 14:5 Willows by the water courses Isaiah 44:4 Trees planted beside rivers Psalms 1:3 Cedars in Lebanon Psalms 92:12 Palm trees Psalms 92:12 Green olive trees Psalms 52:8; Hosea 14:6 Fruitful trees Psalms 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8 Corn (grain) Hosea 14:7 Wheat Matthew 3:12; 13:29,30 Salt Matthew 5:13
ACCESS OF RIGHTEOUS TO GOD Psalms 31:19,20; Isaiah 12:6 Few Matthew 7:14; 22:14 Relation of, to God Leviticus 20:24-26
- PERSEVERANCE OF RIGHTEOUS
DESCRIBED Exodus 33:16; 1Samuel 13:14; Ezra 10:3; Psalms 1:1,2; 4:3; 15:1-5; 24:3-5; 37:26,30,31; 64:10; 84:7; 87:5,6; 112:1-10; 119:1-3; Proverbs 2:9-12; 4:18; 13:5; 25:26; Isaiah 33:15,16; 51:1; 54:13; 60:21; 62:12; 63:8; Jeremiah 31:12-14,33,34; Ezekiel 18:5-9; 44:9; Zechariah 3:2,7,8; Matthew 5:3-10,13-16; 7:16-20,24-27; 12:50; 13:23,38; 19:14; Mark 10:14,15; Luke 6:45; 18:16,17; John 3:21; 8:31,32,39,42,47; 10:4,5,27; 13:35; 15:14; Acts 2:38,47; 8:36,37; 10:47; 11:23,24; 18:7,8; Romans 1:6,7; 6:1-23; 8:5,6,9,14-16,29,35-39; 9:8; 15:14; 16:19; 1Corinthians 1:2,26,27,30; 2:12,13; 6:9-11; 15:48,49; 2Corinthians 1:12; 4:1,2; 5:17,21; Galatians 5:22-26; Ephesians 1:1,4-7; 2:1,4-6,10,13,14,19-22; 3:17-19; 4:13-16,22-32; 5:8; Philippians 2:15; 3:3,7-11; 4:8; Colossians 1:9-13; 2:7; 3:3; 1Thessalonians 1:3; 5:4,5,27; 2Timothy 2:19,21-25; Philemon 1:5,6; Hebrews 3:1,6; 1Peter 2:5,9,10; 4:1,2; 2Peter 1:1; 1John 2:3,5,6,12-15; 3:2,3,6,7,9,14,18,19; 4:7; 5:1; 2John 1:9; Revelation 1:6; 14:4,5; 17:14
PROMISES TO RIGHTEOUS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED Genesis 15:1; 22:17; Exodus 23:22; Leviticus 26:5,6,10; Deuteronomy 28:1-13; 33:27; 1Samuel 2:9; 2Chronicles 16:9; Ezra 8:22; Job 5:11-27; 8:4-7,20,21; 11:15-20; 22:21-30; 36:7-12; Psalms 4:3; 5:12; 15:2-5; 23:6; 25:10-14; 28:8; 29:11; 32:6-8,10; 33:18,19; 34:9,10,15,17; 37:3-5,9,18,23-29,34; 41:1,2; 50:15; 55:22; 58:11; 62:8; 65:4; 73:24; 81:10; 84:11; 85:9; 91:1,3-7,9-12; 94:17,18; 97:10,11; 111:5; 112:6; 121:3-8; 125:1-3; 128:1-6; 145:18-21; Proverbs 1:33; 2:21; 3:1-10,25,26; 10:3; 12:2; 14:26; 15:29; 16:7; 21:21; 28:25; 29:25; Ecclesiastes 7:18; 8:5; Isaiah 4:5,6; 11:6-9; 25:8; 26:3; 33:16,21,22,24; 35:10; 40:10,11,29,31; 41:10,11,13; 43:2; 44:2,3; 49:9-12; 50:7-9; 51:11; 54:1-17; 56:2-8; 57:1,2; 58:8-14; 59:20,21; 64:4; 65:13,14,17-25; 66:13,14; Jeremiah 17:7,8; Ezekiel 18:5-9,19,20; 34:11-17,22-31; Daniel 12:1-3; Hosea 6:3; Nahum 1:7; Haggai 1:13; 2:4,5; Zechariah 3:7; Malachi 3:12,16-18; 4:2,3; Matthew 5:3-12; 7:7,8; 8:11; 10:28-32; 13:43; 18:10,19,20; 19:29; 24:21,22; 25:21,33,34,46; 28:20; Mark 3:35; 8:35; 9:41; 10:21,29,30; 11:23,24; 13:13,27; Luke 3:17; 6:20-23; 10:20; 11:9,10; 12:7,32; 16:22-25; 18:29,30; 20:35,36; 21:18,27,28; 22:29,30; 23:43; John 3:15-18,36; 4:14; 5:24,29; 6:39,40; 8:12,51; 9:31; 10:27-29; 12:25,26; 13:36; 14:1-3,12-21,23; 16:33; 17:2,22,24; Acts 10:4,31; 20:32; 26:18; Romans 2:7,10; 5:9-11,17; 6:22,23; 8:14-18,28,32-39; 9:33; 10:9,11-13; 13:11; 1Corinthians 1:8,9; 2:9; 3:21-23; 6:2,3; 8:3; 13:10-12; 15:48-57; 2Corinthians 1:20-22; 4:14,15,17; 7:1; Galatians 3:29; 6:8,9; Ephesians 1:18; 2:7; 6:8; Philippians 4:7,19; Colossians 1:5,12; 3:4,24; 1Thessalonians 2:12; 3:12,13; 4:15-18; 5:9-11; 2Thessalonians 1:5-7; 2:13,14; 1Timothy 1:16; 4:8; 2Timothy 1:12; 2:10-12,19; 4:8; Titus 2:11-14; 3:7; Hebrews 1:14; 2:10,15; 4:9,15,16; 6:10,16-20; 9:15,28; 10:34-36; 11:16; 12:22,23,28; 13:5,6; James 1:5,12,25; 2:5; 4:8; 1Peter 1:2-5; 2:5,6,9,10; 3:9-12; 4:13; 5:4,6,7,10; 2Peter 1:4,10,11; 2:9; 1John 1:7,9; 2:17,25,28; 3:2,22; 5:13; Revelation 1:6; 2:7,10,11,17,26-28; 3:4,5,10,12,21; 7:3,4,9-17; 11:12,18; 14:1-5,13; 16:15; 20:4-6; 21:3-7,24; 22:4,5,7,12,14 See ADOPTION, AFFLICTION, COMFORT IN, GOD, PRESERVER, GOD, PROVIDENCE OF, BACKSLIDER, OBEDIENCE, PENITENT, PROMISES TO
UNITY OF RIGHTEOUS WITH CHRIST John 6:51-57; 14:20; 15:1-11,19; 17:21-23,26; Romans 8:1,10; 12:5; 1Corinthians 6:13-20; 10:16,17; 12:12,13,27; 2Corinthians 5:17,21; 11:2; 13:5; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:30,32; Colossians 1:27; 2:6,7; 1Peter 4:13; 1John 2:6,24,28; 3:6,24; 4:13; 5:12,20; 2John 1:9; Revelation 19:7-9; 21:9
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