He that walketh in righteousness and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth oppression for gain, that shaketh his hands from holding a bribe; that stoppeth his ears from hearing bloods, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

He shall dwell on high. Isa. xxxiii 15, 16.

Jehovah, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness ... He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour. Ps. xv 1-3.

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. I will in the morning destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city. Ps. ci 6-8.

Unless a man is inwardly sincere, just, faithful and upright, he still remains insincere, unjust, unfaithful and not upright. This the Lord teaches in these words:

Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matt. v 20.

By the righteousness that exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, is meant interior righteousness in which the man is principled who is in the Lord. That such a man is in the Lord, He Himself teaches in John:

The glory which thou gavest me I have given them that they may be one, even as we are one:

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one... That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. John xvii 22, 23, 26.

From this it is evident that they are perfect when the Lord is in them. These are they who are called

The pure in heart, who shall see God; and, the perfect, as their Father which is in heaven. Matt. v 8, 48.