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The Glorification of Righteousness
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Righteousness leadeth unto heaven and it bringeth wealth also: what is there that is more profitable than Righteousness?
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There is no greater good than Righteousness, nor no greater ill than the forgetting of it.
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Be thou unremitting in the doing of good deeds: do them with all thy might and by every means.
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Be pure in heart: all righteousness is contained in this one commandment: all other things are nought but empty sound.
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Avoid envy and greed, anger and harsh words: that is the way to acquire righteousness.
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Say not in thy heart, I shall be righteous by and bye, but begin to do good works without delaying: for it is Righteousness will be thy undying companion on the day of thy death.
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Ask me not, Where is the good of Righteousness? Look at the bearer of the palanquin and him that rideth on it.9
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If thou do good all thy life without a single waste day, thou wallest up the road to future births.
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That alone is delight which cometh of Righteousness: all else is pain and shame.
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That action alone is worth doing which is righteous: and all action must be shunned which is unrighteous.