Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.


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Genesis 4 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Genesis 24 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Exodus 23 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Exodus 23 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
Leviticus 5 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Leviticus 6 2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
Leviticus 19 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy 17 2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
Deuteronomy 23 9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
1 Samuel 2 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
1 Kings 3 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1 Kings 8 46 If they sin against thee, for there is no man that sinneth not, and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
2 Chronicles 6 36 If they sin against thee, for there is no man which sinneth not, and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
2 Chronicles 19 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Job 15 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
Job 20 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Job 21 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 22 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Job 27 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Job 27 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Job 28 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 34 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Job 35 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Psalms 1 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 4 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psalms 5 8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Psalms 7 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Psalms 9 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Psalms 11 7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Psalms 13 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Psalms 15 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms 15 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalms 17 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Psalms 19 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Psalms 19 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Psalms 24 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 25 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Psalms 26 1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Psalms 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 31 17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Psalms 32 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psalms 34 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms 35 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 36 1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 39 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Psalms 40 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.