10 Bible Verses about A Righteous People

For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens.

"Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented;

For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit;

with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth.

being filled with these fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ-- to the glory and praise of God.

training us to renounce ungodliness and all the pleasures of this world, and to live sober, upright, and pious lives at the present time,

And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest.

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

Now, at the time, discipline seems to be a matter not for joy, but for grief; yet it afterwards yields to those who have passed through its training a result full of peace--namely, righteousness.

And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.