Perfection

How Nave’s arranged it

• (Moral completeness)
• Ascribed to .NoahGenesis 6:8Genesis 6:9
• JacobNumbers 23:21
• David1 Kings 11:41 Kings 11:6
• Asa1 Kings 15:14
• JOBJob 1:1
• Zacharias and ElizabethLuke 1:6
• NathanaelJohn 1:47
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOGenesis 17:1Deuteronomy 5:32Deuteronomy 18:13Joshua 23:61 Kings 8:611 Chronicles 28:91 Chronicles 29:192 Chronicles 6:36Job 9:20Job 9:21Psalms 18:32Psalms 37:31Psalms 37:37Psalms 101:2Psalms 106:3Psalms 119:1–3Psalms 119:6Psalms 119:96Proverbs 2:21Ecclesiastes 7:20
• See God, Perfection of
• See Holiness
• See Sanctification

The passages, in Bible order (63)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 6:8

   Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

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   “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This man and his family were the only exception to the general apostasy; God always reserves some, in the worst of times, for himself; there is a remnant, according to the election of grace; it was but a small one, and that now appeared; and this was owing to the grace of God, and his choice upon that, and not to the merits of the creature.

   “And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.

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2. Genesis 6:9

   This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

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   “(Verse 9) Noah was a righteous and blameless man in his generation, pleasing to God. Specifically, it says 'in his generation' to show that his righteousness was not according to the perfected righteousness, but according to the righteousness of his generation. And this is what is said in Hebrew: Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations, he walked with God; that is, he followed in his footsteps.

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3. Genesis 17:1

   When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

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4. Numbers 23:21

   He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.

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   “Iniquity” and “perverseness” are found together again in the Hebrew of Psa 10:7; Psa 90:10, and elsewhere; and import wickedness together with that tribulation which is its proper result. The shout - The word is used (Lev 23:24 note) to describe the sound of the silver trumpets. The “shout of a king” will therefore refer to the jubilant sounds by which the presence of the Lord as their King among them was celebrated by Israel.

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5. Deuteronomy 5:32

   So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

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6. Deuteronomy 18:13

   You must be blameless before the LORD your God.

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   “Perfect - As in Gen 17:1; Job 1:1; Mat 5:48. The sense is that Israel was to keep the worship of the true God wholly uncontaminated by idolatrous pollutions.

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7. Joshua 23:6

   Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

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   “Very courageous - For it will require great courage and resolution to execute all the commands of Moses, and particularly, that of expelling and destroying the residue of the Canaanites. The right hand or the left - That is, in one kind or other, by adding to the law, or diminishing from it.

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8. 1 Kings 8:61

   So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”

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   “Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord your God,.... Sincere in their love to him, united in their worship of him, and constant in their obedience to him: to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day: as they did that day, neither king nor people having as yet fallen into idolatry, but showing by their then present appearance a zeal for God, his house, and worship.

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9. 1 Kings 11:4

   For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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   “Old - About fifty or fifty-five. From his age at his accession (1Ki 2:2 note) he could not have been more than about sixty at his death. The true nature of Solomon’s idolatry was neither complete apostasy - an apostasy from which there could be no recovery; nor a mere toleration, rather praise-worthy than blameable. Solomon did not ever openly or wholly apostatize. He continued his attendance on the worship of Yahweh, and punctually made his offerings three times a year in the temple 1Ki 9:25; but his heart was not “perfect” with God.

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10. 1 Kings 11:6

    So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.

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11. 1 Kings 15:14

    The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.

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    “Regarding many kings of the line of David, we read that they were saved not through their own merit but through the virtues of their father, David, who did that which was pleasing in the sight of God. And we come to Asa, the king of Judah, of whom it is written: "Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as did David, his father." And after a lengthy account of his many virtues, the story is concluded with these words: "But the high places he did not take away.

    “The high places were not removed - He was not able to make a thorough reformation; this was reserved for his son Jehoshaphat. Asa’s heart was perfect - He worshipped the true God, and zealously promoted his service; see on 1Ki 15:3 (note). And even the high places which he did not remove were probably those where the true God alone was worshipped; for that there were such high places the preceding history amply proves, and Jarchi intimates that these were places which individuals had erected for the worship of Jehovah.

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12. 1 Chronicles 28:9

    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 28:92 voices

    "Do you know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy." And in another place: "The Lord is with you as long as you are with him. If you abandon him, he also will abandon you."

    “Know thou the God of thy father - “Knowing God,” in the sense of having a religious trust in Him, is an unusual phrase in the earlier Scriptures. It scarcely occurs elsewhere in the historical books. David, however, uses the phrase in his Psalms Psa 36:10; and its occurrence here may be accepted as evidence that the entire speech is recorded in the actual words of the monarch.

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13. 1 Chronicles 29:19

    And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”

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14. 2 Chronicles 6:36

    When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,

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15. Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

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    “There was a man - This has all the appearance of being a true history. Many have regarded the whole book as a fiction, and have supposed that no such person as Job ever lived. But the book opens with the appearance of reality; and the express declaration that there was such a man, the mention of his name and of the place where he lived, show that the writer meant to affirm that there was in fact such a man. On this question see the Introduction, Section

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16. Job 9:20

    Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

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    “If I desire to justify myself; mine own, mouth shall condemn me; if I say I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. As if it were in plain words; 'Why should I speak about others, when I cannot bear testimony concerning myself?' But whereas thou art not competent to witness to thine own innocency, dost thou know the fact that thou art innocent?

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