66 Bible Verses about Righteous, The
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Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life; happy shall his children be whom he leaveth behind him.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the imagination of the ungodly are deceitful.
A righteous man museth in his mind how to do good; but the mind of the ungodly imagineth how he may do harm.
The voluptuousness of the slothful is his own death, for his hands will not labour. He coveteth and desireth all the day long; but the righteous is always giving and keepeth nothing back.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor, but the ungodly regardeth no understanding.
"When the son of man shall cometh in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his glory and before him shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left hand.read more.
Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed children of my father, inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me. I was sick and ye visited me. I was in prison and ye came unto me.' Then shall the righteous answer him saying, 'Master, when saw we thee a hungered, and fed thee? Or athirst, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee harborless, and lodged thee? Or naked and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison and came unto thee?' And the King shall answer and say unto them, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.'
the LORD giveth sight to the blind. The LORD helpeth them up that are fallen; the LORD loveth the righteous.
And the LORD said, "The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is exceeding grievous. I will go down and see whether they have done altogether according to that cry which is come unto me or not, that I may know." And the men departed thence and went to Sodomward. But Abraham stood yet before the LORD,read more.
and drew near and said, "Wilt thou destroy the righteous with the wicked? If there be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee, that thou shouldest do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked: that be far from thee. Should not the Judge of all the world do according to right?" And the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, I will spare all the place for their sakes." And Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, and yet am but dust and ashes. What though there lack five of fifty righteous, wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five?" And he said, "If I find there forty and five I will not destroy them." And he spake unto him yet again, and said, "What if there be forty found there?" And he said, "I will not do it for forty's sake." And he said, "O let not my LORD be angry, that I speak. What if there be found thirty there?" And he said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there." And he said, "Oh, see, I have begun to speak unto my LORD, what if there be twenty found there?" And he said, "I will not destroy them for twenty's sake." And he said, "O let not my LORD be angry, that I speak yet, but even once more only. What if ten be found there?" And he said, "I will not destroy them for ten's sake."
The name of the LORD is a strong castle, the righteous flyeth unto it, and shall be saved.
Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than the great riches of the ungodly. For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
O cast thy burden or care upon the LORD; he shall nourish thee, and not leave the righteous in unquietness.
The way of the LORD giveth a courage unto the godly; but it is a fear for wicked doers.
The righteous shall be delivered out of trouble; and the ungodly shall come in his stead.
There shall no misfortune happen unto the just; but the ungodly shall be filled with misery.
The LORD will not let the soul of the righteous suffer hunger; but he putteth the ungodly from his desire.
I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.
The righteous eateth, and is satisfied; but the belly of the ungodly hath never enough.
for thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield.
He turneth not his eyes away from the righteous; he setteth up kings in their throne, and confirmeth them, so that they alway sit therein.
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the ungodly, but he blesseth the dwellings of the righteous.
Loving and favorable is the face of the righteous; but the forehead of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous. The memorial of the just shall have a good report; but the name of the ungodly shall stink.
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord beholdeth them that do evil.
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth them, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Behold, whoso will not believe, his soul shall not prosper: but the just shall live by his faith.
For by it, the righteousness which cometh of God is opened, from faith to faith. As it is written, "The just shall live by faith."
That no man is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident. For the just shall live by faith.
But the just shall live by faith. And if he withdraw himself, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
A man cannot endure in ungodliness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
The righteous shall never be overthrown; but the ungodly shall not remain in the land.
He that trusteth in his riches shall have a fall; but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
Or ever thou canst turn thee about, the ungodly shall be overthrown; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
And so if a righteous turn from his righteousness and do wickedness, and shall do like unto all the abominations which a wicked doth, shall he live? No, none of those righteousness that he did shall be remembered. But in the wickedness which he wrought, and in the sin which he did, in them shall he die.
Thou shalt take no gifts, for gifts blind the seeing and pervert the words of the righteous.
Wrest not the law, nor know any person, neither take any reward: for gifts blind the wise and pervert the words of the righteous.
For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous, lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness.
"Now if a righteous man go from his righteousness, and do the thing that is evil: I will lay a stumbling block before him, and he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning - Yea, die shall he in his own sin, so that the virtue which he did before shall not be thought upon, but his blood will I require of thine hand.
Thou son of man, tell the children of thy people, 'The righteousness of the righteous shall not save him, whensoever he turneth away unfaithfully. Again, the wickedness of the wicked shall not hurt him, whensoever he converteth from his ungodliness. And the righteousness of the righteous, shall not save his life, whensoever he sinneth. If I say unto the righteous, that he shall surely live, and so he trust to his own righteousness, and do sin: then shall his righteousnesses be no more thought upon, but in the wickedness that he hath done he shall die.
The ungodly layeth wait for the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.
Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be put to confusion, and put to silence in the grave. Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.
They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
{Khaf} The LORD hath performed his heavy wrath; he hath poured out the furiousness of his displeasure. He hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof. {Lamed} Neither the kings of the earth, nor all the inhabiters of the world, would have believed that the enemy and adversary should have come in at the gates of the city of Jerusalem. {Mem} Which nevertheless is come to pass for the sins of her prophets, and for the wickedness of her priests that have shed innocents' blood within her.
"Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of Israel, I will not spare him: because he hath sold the righteous for money, and the poor for shoes. They tread upon poor men's heads, in the dust of the earth, and crook the ways of the meek. The son and the father go to the harlot, to dishonour my holy name,
As for the multitude of your wickednesses and your stout sins, I know them right well. Enemies are ye of the righteous; ye take rewards; ye oppress the poor in judgment.
for the law is torn in pieces, and there can no right judgment go forth. And why? The ungodly is more set by than the righteous: this is the cause that wrong judgment proceedeth.
that ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly. So that men shall say, "Verily there is a reward for the righteous! Doubtless, there is a God that judgeth the earth!"
The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Such as be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking,read more.
that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.
The desire of the righteous is acceptable; but the hope of the ungodly is indignation.
Mischief followeth upon sinners; but the righteous shall have a good reward, which their children's children shall have in possession - for the riches of the sinner is laid up for the just.
In the house of the righteous are great riches; but the increase of the ungodly are nigh destruction.
Bid the righteous do well, for they shall enjoy the fruits of their studies.
But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked,
The ungodly is afraid of every peril; but the righteous hath a good hope even in death.
Then said he also to him that had desired him to dinner, "When thou makest a dinner, or a supper: call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor yet rich neighbours: lest they bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind, and thou shalt be happy: For they cannot recompense thee. But thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just men."
From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure. They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.
And in the day that I will make, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, they shall be mine own possession: and I will favour them, like as a man favoureth his own son, that doth him service. Turn you therefore, and consider what difference is betwixt the righteous and ungodly: betwixt him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
But this I confess unto thee, that after that way, which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets, and have hope towards God, that the same resurrection from death, which they themselves look for also, shall be both of just and unjust. And therefore study I to have a clear conscience toward God, and toward man also.
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He turneth not his eyes away from the righteous; he setteth up kings in their throne, and confirmeth them, so that they alway sit therein.
