27 Bible Verses about A Righteous People

For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.

The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.

Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.

In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.

To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you will have a new name, given by the mouth of the Lord.

Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.

Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.

Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.