66 Bible Verses about Righteous, The
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The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!
A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.
The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.
The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work. All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
'And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats, and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left.read more.
'Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me. 'Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around? and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee? And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did it.
Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,
And Jehovah saith, 'The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great; and their sin -- because exceeding grievous: I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely -- and if not -- I know;' and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.read more.
And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, 'Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked? peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who are in its midst? Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?' And Jehovah saith, 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.' And Abraham answereth and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes; peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, 'I destroy it not, if I find there forty and five.' And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, 'Peradventure there are found there forty?' and He saith, 'I do it not, because of the forty.' And he saith, 'Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, 'I do it not, if I find there thirty.' And he saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?' and He saith, 'I do not destroy it, because of the twenty.' And he saith, 'Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He saith, 'I do not destroy it, because of the ten.'
A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous, For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!
Better is the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.
Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.
The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.
The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.
Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.
The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!
He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence. The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.
because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears -- to their supplication, and the face of the Lord is upon those doing evil;'
They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them.
Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.
For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, 'And the righteous one by faith shall live,'
and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because 'The righteous by faith shall live;'
and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'
A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.
Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth -- thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die.
And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -eyed, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.
'And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.
And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous doth not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And the wickedness of the wicked, He doth not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning. In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And -- he hath trusted on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts are not remembered, And for his perversity that he hath done, For it he doth die.
The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth. The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.
O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
Completed hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth her foundations. Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem. Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals. Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.
For I have known -- many are your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.
Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.
The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked. And man saith: 'Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish. Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,read more.
To declare that upright is Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!
The desire of the righteous is only good, The hope of the wicked is transgression.
Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous. A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous is the sinner's wealth.
In the house of the righteous is abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble.
Say ye to the righteous, that it is good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying it to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.
In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.
And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee; but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind, and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'
From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings. I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, with Thy form!
And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing -- a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him. And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.
'And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written, having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous; and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
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He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
