For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you.
The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.
These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
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