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Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.

Now in all Israel everyone acknowledged that there was no man as handsome as Absalom. From the soles of his feet to the top of his head he was perfect in appearance.

"Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

But she is unique! My dove, my perfect one! She is the special daughter of her mother, she is the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and complimented her; the queens and concubines praised her:

The Lover to His Beloved: Turn, turn, O Perfect One! Turn, turn, that I may stare at you! The Beloved to Her Lover: Why do you gaze upon the Perfect One like the dance of the Mahanaim?

Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord .

"Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: "‘You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Now the altar hearth is a perfect square, 21 feet long and 21 feet wide.

So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God—what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside.

But he said to me, "My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.

For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.

For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.