Character
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Character’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Showing 1–24 of 196 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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John 10:3 NT
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
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John 10:4 NT
Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
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The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
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Isaiah 57:15 OT
For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the…
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Isaiah 66:2 OT
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
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Acts 8:2 NT
Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
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Acts 22:12 NT
One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
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These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”
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Malachi 3:16 OT
Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
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Acts 10:2 NT
a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
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John 10:27 NT
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
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Psalms 4:3 OT
But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
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2 Peter 2:9 NT
the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
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John 1:47 NT
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
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For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
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Psalms 34:2 OT
My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
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1 Peter 5:5 NT
Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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Matthew 5:6 NT
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
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Genesis 6:9 OT
This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
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Habakkuk 2:4 OT
Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
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Luke 2:25 NT
Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.