10 Bible Verses about A Righteous People

"For I assure you that unless your righteousness exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not find entrance into the kingdom of heaven.

But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty."

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

and to put on the new self, created after God's likeness, in the uprightness and holiness of the truth.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

And schooling us to renounce impiety and evil passions, And to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

He who ever supplies seed to the sower, and bread for the food of man, will supply and make plentous your seed, and increase the harvest springing up from your almsgiving.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for the righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.

Now no discipline seems for the present to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yields the peaceable fruits of righteousness to those who have been trained under it.

And the fruit of righteousness is being sown in peace by those who are working peace.