10 Bible Verses about A Righteous People

For I say to you people, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven unless what you do that is right excels what the experts in the law of Moses and the Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] do that is right.

But Jesus answered him, "Allow it [to be done], for it is proper for us to complete everything that is right [before God]." So, John agreed to it.

For God's kingdom is not a matter of what people eat or drink, but [instead, it is a matter] of doing what is right, having peace [of heart] and having [inner] joy, which come from the Holy Spirit.

And you should put on the new person who has been [re-] created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

having been full of qualities of righteousness, which come from Jesus Christ and produce honor and praise to God.

It instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly desires and to live sensible, righteous and godly lives in this present age,

Now God, who provides seeds to the planter and bread for food, will [also] supply and [even] multiply your seeds for planting, and will increase the harvest of your generosity.

"Those persons who have an appetite for whatever is right will be blessed because they will be satisfied.

No discipline seems pleasant, but painful, at the time [it is received], yet later on it produces a crop of peace and righteousness in [the lives of] those who have been trained by it.

[People who are] peacemakers sow [seeds of] peace and it produces a crop of righteousness [in the lives of others].