(23) Salvation to the sincere.

Serve sincerely,
And keep your heart pure
And the Lord will bring salvation.

References:

  • Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve him completely and sincerely. Cast out the gods your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. (Josh 24:14)

  • And the LORD requited me according to my justice, according to my innocence in his sight. Toward the faithful you are faithful; toward the wholehearted you are wholehearted; Toward the sincere you are sincere; but toward the crooked you are astute. You save lowly people, though on the lofty your eyes look down. (2 Sam 22:25-28)

  • Behold, now I open my mouth; my tongue and my voice form words. I will state directly what is in my mind, my lips shall utter knowledge sincerely; For the spirit of God has made me, the breath of the Almighty keeps me alive. (Job 33:2-4)

  • Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden. (Prov 27:5)

  • For the first step toward discipline is a very earnest desire for her; then, care for discipline is love of her; love means the keeping of her laws; To observe her laws is the basis for incorruptibility; and incorruptibility makes one close to God; thus the desire for Wisdom leads up to a kingdom. (Wisd 6:17-20)

  • if he lives by my statutes and is careful to observe my ordinances, that man is virtuous - he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD. (Ezek 18:9)

  • When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart, for he was a good man, filled with the holy Spirit and faith. (Acts 11:23-24)

  • Therefore, brothers, since through the blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh, and since we have «a great priest over the house of God,» let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy. (Heb 10:19-23)