Pursue Righteousness!!

Match A with the correct answer in B:

A.

1.  Amos 5:

2.  Hebrews 12:
3.  Isaiah 61:
4.  Proverbs 11:
5.  1 John 3:
6.  James 5:
7.  Luke 13:
8.  Psalm 78:
9.  Proverbs 14:
10.  1 John 3:
11.  Psalm 119:
12.  1 Timothy 5:
13.  Exodus 20:
14.  Psalm 139:
15.  1 John 2:

B.

1.  "Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children."

2.  "So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God."

3.  "I have tried hard to find you—don’t let me wander from your commands."

4.  "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life."

5.  "Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living."

6.  "No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way."

7.  "I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness.  I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels."

8.  "With their words, the godless destroy their friends, but knowledge will rescue the righteous."

9.  "Godliness makes a nation great, but sin is a disgrace to any people."

10.  "We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous."