Acts 24:25

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Acts 24:25

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Summary

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

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Righteousness

Temperance

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General references

Proverbs 28:6

Matthew 14:4

1 Corinthians 1:27

Bible References

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And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

So now, take your stand, that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which He did for you and your fathers.

“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool.

“Present your case,” the Lord says.
“Bring forward your strong arguments,”
The King of Jacob says.

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and

reverence;

Righteousness

having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

“The God of Israel said,

The Rock of Israel spoke to me,

‘He who rules over men righteously,

Who rules in the fear of God,

“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.

For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness;
The upright will behold His face.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods?
Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

May he judge Your people with righteousness

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Your afflicted with justice.

A Psalm of Asaph.
God takes His stand in His own congregation;
He judges in the midst of the

rulers.

It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts,
For a throne is established on righteousness.

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

How the faithful city has become a harlot,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once lodged in her,
But now murderers.

A throne will even be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David;
Moreover, he will seek justice
And be prompt in righteousness.

For I, the Lord, love justice,
I hate robbery in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their recompense
And make an everlasting covenant with them.

Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

‘Thus says the Lord God, “Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your expropriations from My people,” declares the Lord God.

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you:

break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’

They speak mere words,

With worthless oaths they make covenants;

And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

“But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;

Temperance

Do not give your strength to women,

Or your ways to that which destroys kings.

Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.

A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
A strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.

On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers,

For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

For the grace of God has appeared,

bringing salvation to all men,

In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you;

and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,

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and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Agrippa replied to Paul, “In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian.”

Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son;

“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

Now King Zedekiah sent and took him out; and in his palace the king secretly asked him and said, “Is there a word from the Lord?” And Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon!”

Then King Zedekiah sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought to him at the third entrance that is in the house of the Lord; and the king said to Jeremiah, “I am going to ask you something; do not hide anything from me.”

Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet.

But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

General references

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity

Than he who is crooked though he be rich.

For John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,