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Psalms 85:13
Psalms 85:13 is verse 13 of Psalms chapter 85, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
King James Version
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
World English Bible
Righteousness goes before him, and prepares the way for his steps.
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Psalms 85:11–13 · Berean Standard Bible
11 Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
12 The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
Psalms 72:3May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
Psalms 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
Isaiah 58:8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
Psalms 119:35Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Matthew 20:27and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—
Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
John 13:14So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
John 13:15I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
John 13:16Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Ephesians 5:1Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Philippians 2:5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
Philippians 2:6Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
Philippians 2:7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 2:18Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
1 Peter 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
1 Peter 2:20How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
1 Peter 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
1 Peter 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
1 Peter 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
1 Peter 4:1Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
1 John 2:6Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.