24 Bible Verses about People In Righteousness
Most Relevant Verses
“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.
A Psalm of David.
Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity,
And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
Redeem me, and be gracious to me.
Ayin.
I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to my oppressors.
“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness;
I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.
Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.
He has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.
as it is written,
“He scattered abroad, he gave to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever.”
But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned; against Job his anger burned because he justified himself before God.
“Then your light will break out like the dawn,
And your recovery will speedily spring forth;
And your righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
A people in whose heart is My law;
Do not fear the reproach of man,
Nor be dismayed at their revilings.
“If only you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your well-being would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
And the Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Also bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous.
Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. Thus you have made your sisters appear righteous by all your abominations which you have committed.
The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
And you, son of man, say to your fellow citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’
O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.
“They are dreaded and feared;
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
