⁷ An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

² His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

²⁶ All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

¹ Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

¹² For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

²² The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

³ For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.

⁴ I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

¹¹ For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,

¹² Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

³⁹ For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

⁶ They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

³⁹ And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:

¹⁵ He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

² He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

¹¹ But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

¹ <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

² He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

⁷ And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.