Isaiah 26:7

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“The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.”

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BSBPD

“The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The path for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 26:7 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
  3. Job 27:5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
  4. Job 31:6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
  5. Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
  6. Psalms 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
  7. Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
  8. Psalms 11:7For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
  9. Psalms 18:23And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
  10. Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  11. Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
  12. Proverbs 20:7The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
  13. Proverbs 21:8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
  14. Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
  15. Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
  16. Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
  17. Zephaniah 3:5The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
  18. 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
  19. 2 Corinthians 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
  20. Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
  21. 1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
  22. 1 John 3:10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

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