72 Bible Verses about God, Righteousness Of
Most Relevant Verses
He is the Rock; His work is perfect. For all His ways are just, a God of faithfulness, and without evil; just and upright is He.
According to Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness; let mount Zion rejoice!
Clouds and darkness are all around Him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne.
Jehovah is righteous in all His ways and holy in all His works.
Declare and bring near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this of old? Who has told it from then? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no other God besides Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me.
Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?
O righteous Father, indeed the world has not known You; but I have known You, and these have known that You have sent me.
And Your righteousness, O God, is very high, who have done great things. O God, who is like You,
The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, is exalted in power; and to judgment and overflowing righteousness He does no violence.
Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Jehovah, You keep man and beast.
But Jehovah of Hosts is exalted in judgment, and God the Holy One is 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 Jehovah has watched over the evil, and has brought it on us. For Jehovah our God is righteous in all His works which He does; for we did not obey His voice.
Louder than the voice of the dividers between the watering places, there shall they tell again the righteous acts of Jehovah, the righteous acts of His leaders in Israel. Then shall the people of Jehovah go down to the gates.
And now stand still, so that I may reason with you before Jehovah of all the righteous acts of Jehovah which He did to you and to your fathers.
but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Jehovah, doing kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these I delight, says Jehovah.
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, O King of saints.
And He shall judge the world in righteousness; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness.
The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: he who rules over men justly, ruling in the fear of God, is as the light of the morning, as the sun rises, a morning without clouds. The tender grass springs out of the earth through shining after rain.
before Jehovah; 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 loved judgment; You established uprightness; You worked judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
So says Jehovah, Do not let the wise glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty glory in his might; do not let the rich glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Jehovah, doing kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these I delight, says Jehovah.
By awesome things in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation; who are the hope of all the ends of the earth and the sea, of those far away.
I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not hidden Your loving-kindness and Your truth from the great congregation.
Then I called on the name of Jehovah; O Jehovah, I beseech You, deliver my soul. Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. Jehovah keeps the simple; I was brought low, and He helped me.
Do not fear; for I am with you; be not dismayed; for I am your God. I will make you strong; yes, I will help you; yes, 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 wait; and I will place salvation in Zion, My glory for Israel.
O Lord, I pray You, according to all Your righteousness 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 curse to all those who are around us.
O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to Your righteousness; and do not let them rejoice over me.
O sons of men, how long will you turn My glory into shame? Will you love vanity and seek after a lie? Selah. But know that Jehovah has set apart the godly for Himself. Jehovah hears when I call to Him.
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat in the throne judging right.
He is near who justifies Me; who will contend with Me? Let us stand together; who is master of My judgment? Let him come near Me.
I will bear the fury of Jehovah, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and brings out judgment for me. He will bring me out 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 Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed. And You have performed Your words, for You are righteous.
To the Chief Musician, for stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; You gave room to me in trouble; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
The just Jehovah is in her midst; He will not act perversely. Every morning He gives His justice to the light; He fails not; but the perverse 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 Jehovah of Hosts who judges rightly, who tries the heart and the mind, let me see Your vengeance on them. For to You I have revealed my cause.
Far be it from You to act in this manner, to kill the righteous with the wicked. And far be it from You, that the righteous should be as the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
For the righteous Jehovah loves righteousness; His face looks on the upright.
And the heavens shall declare His righteousness; for God Himself is judge. Selah.
Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done evil in Your sight; that You might be justified when You speak, and be clear when You judge.
The righteous wisely considers the house of the wicked; but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
Now there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day; and not to me only, but also to all those who love His appearing.
God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the rulers of Judah who were gathered to Jerusalem because of Shishak. And he said to them, So says Jehovah, You have forsaken Me, and therefore I also have left you in the hand of Shishak. And the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves. And they said, Jehovah is righteous.
O Jehovah, the God of Israel, You are righteous. For we are left a remnant that has escaped, as today. Behold, we are before You in our sins, for we cannot stand before You because of this.
For though Your people Israel are like the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return; the full end which is decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Also I will lay judgment to the line, and righteousness to the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Jehovah is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. I beseech you, all peoples, hear and behold my sorrow. My virgins and my young men went into exile.
And I will come near you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who extort from the hired laborer's wages, and turning away the widow, and the orphan, the alien, and not fearing Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.
But know that the judgment of God is according to truth on those who practice such things.
The Precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the Commandments of Jehovah are pure, giving light to the eyes. The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of Jehovah are true and righteous altogether,
And who is a great nation whose statutes and judgments are so righteous as all this Law which I set before you today?
I will praise You with uprightness of heart when I have learned Your righteous judgments.
who, knowing the righteous order of God, that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but have pleasure in those practicing them.
so that the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who lays on wrath? (I speak as a man.)
And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time. Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Bible Theasaurus
From Thematic Bible
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » The punishment of the wicked
since it is a righteous thing with God to repay tribulation to those who trouble you,
But according to your hardness and your impenitent heart, do you treasure up wrath for yourself in a 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 defiled the earth with her fornication, and He has avenged the blood of His servants out of her hand.
And I heard another out of the altar saying, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His judgments
The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of Jehovah are true and righteous altogether,
I will praise You with uprightness of heart when I have learned Your righteous judgments.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Talk of
My tongue also shall muse on Your righteousness all the day long; for those who seek my evil have turned pale, they are brought to shame.
My mouth shall show forth Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day; for I do not know how many they are.
God, Righteousness Of » Is part of his character
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Magnify
They shall pour forth the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.
I will praise Jehovah according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah most high.
Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His commandments
And who is a great nation whose statutes and judgments are so righteous as all this Law which I set before you today?
My tongue shall speak Your Word, for all Your Commandments are righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Acknowledge, though the wicked prosper
Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?
Behold, these are the ungodly, who are at ease in the world; they increase in riches. Surely I have made my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. read more.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would deceive a generation of Your sons. When I thought deeply in order to understand this, it was painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His testimonies
In Your testimonies You have commanded righteousness and faithfulness exceedingly.
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 through the passing by of the sins that had taken place before, in the forbearance of God; for the display of His righteousness at this time, for Him to be just and, forgiving the one being of the faith of Jesus.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His acts
Louder than the voice of the dividers between the watering places, there shall they tell again the righteous acts of Jehovah, the righteous acts of His leaders in Israel. Then shall the people of Jehovah go down to the gates.
And now stand still, so that I may reason with you before Jehovah of all the righteous acts of Jehovah which He did to you and to your fathers.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Plead, in prayer
O Jehovah, for Your name's sake enliven me; for Your righteousness' sake, bring my soul out of trouble.
O Lord, I pray You, according to all Your righteousness 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 curse to all those who are around us.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His government
before Jehovah; for He comes, for He comes to judge the earth; He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His truth.
before Jehovah; for He comes to judge the earth; with righteousness He shall judge the world, and the peoples in uprightness.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be delivered in
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In You, O Jehovah, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness.
Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape; bow down Your ear to me, and save me.
God, Righteousness Of » The heavens shall declare
And the heavens shall declare His righteousness; for God Himself is judge. Selah.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Ascribe, to him
O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us the shame of our faces, as it is today to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, and to all Israel who are near and who are afar off, through all the countries where You have driven them because of their sin which they have sinned against You.
I will bring my knowledge from afar, and I will credit righteousness to my Maker.
God, Righteousness Of » Angels acknowledge
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Righteous is the Lord, who is, and was, and who will be, because You have judged these things,
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 who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Jehovah, doing kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these I delight, says Jehovah.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be quickened in
Behold, I have longed after Your Commandments; in Your righteousness give me life.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » His ways
Jehovah 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 Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed. And You have performed Your words, for You are righteous.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Upheld by
Do not fear; for I am with you; be not dismayed; for I am your God. I will make you strong; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Shown to the posterity of saints
But the mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness is to sons of sons;
God, Righteousness Of » Christ committed his cause to
who when He was reviled did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but gave Himself up to Him who judges righteously.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » For its continued manifestation
O continue Your loving-kindness to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be judged according to
Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to Your righteousness; and do not let them rejoice over me.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be answered in
A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications; in Your faithfulness and in Your righteousness answer me.
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » Beyond computation
My mouth shall show forth Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day; for I do not know how many they are.
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » Enduring for ever
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » Very high
And Your righteousness, O God, is very high, who have done great things. O God, who is like You,
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » Abundant
According to Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness; let mount Zion rejoice!
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Declare to others
They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness to a people that shall yet be born, that He has done this.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Do not conceal
I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not hidden Your loving-kindness and Your truth from the great congregation.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Mention, only
I will go in the strength of the Lord Jehovah; I will speak of Your righteousness, of Yours alone.
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 slaves; and I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you. O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
God, Righteousness Of » The wicked have no interest in
Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into Your righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Described as » The habitation of his throne
Clouds and darkness are all around Him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne.
God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » The final judgment
because He has appointed a day in which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom He appointed, having given proof to all by raising Him from the dead.
God, Righteousness Of » Leads him to love righteousness
For the righteous Jehovah loves righteousness; His face looks on the upright.
God, Righteousness Of » Shown openly before the heathen
Jehovah has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has unveiled to the eyes of the nations.
God, Righteousness Of » Christ acknowledged
O righteous Father, indeed 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 Jehovah, You keep man and beast.
God, Righteousness Of » We should pray » To be led in
Lead me, O Jehovah, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Acknowledge, in his dealings
O Jehovah, the God of Israel, You are righteous. For we are left a remnant that has escaped, as today. Behold, we are before You in our sins, for we cannot stand before You because of this.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Confident of beholding
I will bear the fury of Jehovah, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and brings out judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness.
