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A sincere desire to please God by keeping his law is both commanded and approved by him. However, human fallibility means that true righteousness must be the product of the Holy Spirit’s work in the believer.
Dt 6:25; Job 27:6; 1Jn 3:7 See also Ge 6:9 Noah; Ge 18:19 Abraham; Dt 6:17-18; 1Ki 3:6 David; 1Ki 15:11; 2Ch 31:20 Hezekiah; Ps 7:8; Ps 15:1-5; Ps 17:1; Ps 32:11; Ps 45:7; Isa 26:7-9; Isa 48:18; Isa 51:1; Hos 14:9; Lk 2:25 Simeon; Ac 4:19; 2Co 6:14; 2Ti 3:15-16
Am 5:24; Mt 6:33 See also Isa 1:16-17; Isa 56:1; Jer 22:3; Hos 10:12; Zep 2:3; Mt 5:6; Eph 6:14; 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:22
Ps 146:8; Pr 15:9; Jas 1:20 See also Ps 1:5-6; Ps 14:5; Ps 33:5; Ps 37:6,28-30; Ps 106:3; Pr 10:16
Pr 12:28; Mt 13:43 See also Ps 5:12; Ps 34:15 the
Mt 5:10 See also Ps 94:21; Isa 57:1; Am 2:6; Am 5:12; 1Pe 3:14