62 Bible Verses about Righteousness, Of Believers
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And it shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before LORD our God as he has commanded us.
I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who is doing righteousness is righteous, just as that man is righteous.
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of LORD, to do righteousness and justice, to the end that LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoke
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded thee. And thou shall do that which is right and good in the sight of LORD, that it may be well with thee, and that thou may go in and possess the good land which LORD swore to thy fathers,
And Solomon said, Thou have shown to thy servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee. And thou have kept for him this great
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of LORD as David his father did.
And thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah. And he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before LORD his God.
LORD shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart, he who does no slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor,read more.
in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear LORD, he that swears to his own hurt, and changes not, he who puts not his money out to interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry. Give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
Be glad in LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous. And shout for joy, all ye who are upright in heart.
Thou have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
The way of the just is uprightness. Thou who are upright directs the path of the just. Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, we have waited for thee, to thy name. Even to thy memorial, is the desire of our soul. With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Oh that thou had hearkened to my commandments! Then thy peace would have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.
Hearken to me, ye who follow after righteousness, ye who seek LORD. Look to the rock from where ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit from where ye were dug.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the encouragement of Israel, and Holy Spirit was upon him.
But Peter and John having replied to them, they said, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than God, judge ye.
Do not become unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness?
And that from a babe thou have known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for instruction, for reproof, for correction, for discipline in righteousness,
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. Learn to do good. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Thus says LORD, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness. For my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Thus says LORD: Execute ye justice and righteousness. And deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. And do no wrong. Do no violence to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in t
Sow to yourselves in righteousness. Reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
Seek ye LORD, all ye meek of the earth who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. It may be ye will be hid in the day of LORD's anger.
Stand ye therefore having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, mildness.
And flee juvenile impulses, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.
LORD opens [the eyes of] the blind. LORD raises up those who are bowed down. LORD loves the righteous.
The way of a wicked man is an abomination to LORD, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy justice as the noon-day.
Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
For thou will bless the righteous man, O LORD. Thou will encompass him with favor as with a shield. Selah.
The eyes of LORD are toward the righteous, and his ears are [open] to their {prayer (LXX/NT)}.
Better is a little that the righteous man has than the abundance of many wicked men. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but LORD upholds the righteous.
(Cast thy burden upon LORD, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)
A righteous man shall flourish like the palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
To the upright there arises light in the darkness. [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. LORD will not allow the soul of a righteous man to famish, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way, but the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
Say ye of the righteous, that [it is] well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil. He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.
And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil [to come].
Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because they have sold a righteous man for silver, and a needy man for a pair of shoes--
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
But even if ye should suffer because of righteousness, ye are blessed. But do not fear their terror nor be shaken,
