72 Bible Verses about God, Righteousness Of
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He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are justice: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
According to your name, O God, so is your praise unto the ends of the earth: your right hand is full of righteousness.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and justice are the habitation of his throne.
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Tell and bring forth your case; yea, let them take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient time? who has told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no other God besides me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.
Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who has done great things: O God, who is like unto you!
As for the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundant justice: he will not afflict.
Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast.
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in justice, and God who is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Therefore has the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he does: for we obeyed not his voice.
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of saints.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain.
Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
The king's strength also loves justice; you do establish equity, you execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Thus says the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.
By awesome deeds in righteousness will you answer us, O God of our salvation; who is the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
I have not hid your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have not concealed your lovingkindness and your truth from the great congregation.
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. The LORD preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
I bring near my righteousness: it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
O Lord, according to all your righteousness, I beseech you, let your anger and your fury be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all that are about us.
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal; that you may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? how long will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah. But know that the LORD has set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
He is near that justifies me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is my adversary? let him come near to me.
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause, and executes justice for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
And found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his descendants, and have performed your words; for you are righteous:
[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have delivered me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
The just LORD is in her midst; he will do no wrong: every morning does he bring his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust knows no shame.
And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I revealed my cause.
That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from you: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: that you might be justified when you speak, and be blameless when you judge.
The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus says the LORD, You have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
O LORD God of Israel, you are righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before you because of this.
For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Justice also will I make the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them who commit such things.
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who takes vengeance? (I speak as a man)
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
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God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » The punishment of the wicked
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart treasure up unto yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great harlot, who did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His judgments
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Talk of
My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for I know not the limits thereof.
God, Righteousness Of » Is part of his character
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Magnify
They shall abundantly utter the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness.
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His commandments
And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Acknowledge, though the wicked prosper
Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. read more.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of your children. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His testimonies
Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful.
The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » The gospel
Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him who believes in Jesus.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His acts
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Plead, in prayer
Revive me, O LORD, for your name's sake: for your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
O Lord, according to all your righteousness, I beseech you, let your anger and your fury be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all that are about us.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His government
Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Before the LORD; for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be delivered in
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness.
Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline your ear unto me, and save me.
God, Righteousness Of » The heavens shall declare
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Ascribe, to him
O Lord, righteousness belongs unto you, but unto us shame of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.
I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
God, Righteousness Of » Angels acknowledge
And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, who is, and was, and shall be, because you have judged thus.
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » Everlasting
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His word
My eyes fail for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » God delights in the exercise of
But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be quickened in
Behold, I have longed after your precepts: revive me in your righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His ways
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Recognize, in the fulfilment of his promises
And found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his descendants, and have performed your words; for you are righteous:
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Upheld by
Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Shown to the posterity of saints
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
God, Righteousness Of » Christ committed his cause to
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judges righteously:
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » For its continued manifestation
O continue your lovingkindness unto them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be judged according to
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be answered in
[A Psalm of David.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » Beyond computation
My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for I know not the limits thereof.
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » Enduring for ever
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » Very high
Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who has done great things: O God, who is like unto you!
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » Abundant
According to your name, O God, so is your praise unto the ends of the earth: your right hand is full of righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Declare to others
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done this.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Do not conceal
I have not hid your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have not concealed your lovingkindness and your truth from the great congregation.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Mention, only
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours only.
God, Righteousness Of » His care and defence of his people designed to teach
For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal; that you may know the righteousness of the LORD.
God, Righteousness Of » The wicked have no interest in
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into your righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » The habitation of his throne
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and justice are the habitation of his throne.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » The final judgment
Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; and of this he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
God, Righteousness Of » Leads him to love righteousness
For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright.
God, Righteousness Of » Shown openly before the heathen
The LORD has made known his salvation: his righteousness has he openly showed in the sight of the nations.
God, Righteousness Of » Christ acknowledged
O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.
God, Righteousness Of » Illustrated
Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be led in
Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Acknowledge, in his dealings
O LORD God of Israel, you are righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before you because of this.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Confident of beholding
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause, and executes justice for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
