62 Bible Verses about Righteousness, Of Believers
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And it shall be justice to us when we shall watch to do all these commands before Jehovah our God as he commanded us.
My justice I held fast, and I will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach from my days.
These the generations of Noah; a just man, and was complete in his generations: Noah walked with God.
For I know him, for that he will command his sons and his house after him; and they watched the way of Jehovah to do justice and judgment, for Jehovah to bring upon Abraham what he spake to him.
Watching, ye shall watch the commands of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his laws that he commanded thee. And do thou the right and the good in the eyes of Jehovah so that it shall be well to thee, and thou go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware to thy fathers,
And Solomon will say, Thou didst with thy servant David, my father, great mercy, according as he went before thee in the truth and in justice and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou wilt watch for him this great mercy, and thou wilt give to him a son sitting upon his throne as this day.
And Asa will do the straight in the eyes of Jehovah, as David his father.
And according to this Hezekiah will do in all Judah, and he will do the good and the straight and the truth before Jehovah his God.
Jehovah shall judge peoples: judge me, O Jehovah, according to my justice, and according to mine integrity upon me.
Chanting of David. O Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent? who shall dwell in thy holy mountain? He going blameless, and working justice, and speaking truth in his heart. Slandering not with his tongue, not doing evil to his neighbor, lifting up no reproach against his neighbor.read more.
In his eyes a reprobate being despised; and those fearing Jehovah, he will honor. Swearing to the friend, and he will not change. Not giving his silver for interest, and gave not presents against the innocent. He doing these things shall not be moved forever.
Prayer of David. Hear justice, O Jehovah, attend to my outcry, give ear to my prayer, not in lips of deceit.
Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye just: and shout for joy, all ye upright of heart.
Thou lovedst justice, and thou wilt hate injustice: for this, God thy God anointed thee with the oil of joy above thy companions.
The way to the just one is straightness: being upright, thou wilt prepare the departing of the just one. Also the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, we hoped for thee; to thy name and to thy remembrance is the desire of the soul. My soul desired thee in the night; also my spirit in the midst of me I will seek thee: for when thy judgments to the earth, those dwelling in the habitable globe will learn justice.
Would thou didst attend to my commands! and thy peace shall be as a river, and thy justice as the billows of the sea.
Hear to me, ye pursuing justice, seeking Jehovah: look to the rock ye hewed, and at the quarry of the pit ye dug out
Who being wise, and he shall understand these things? and knowing, and he shall know them? for the ways of Jehovah are straight, and the just shall go in them: and they transgressing shall be weak in them.
And, behold, a man was in Jerusalem, the name to him Simeon; and this man just and cautious, waiting the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
And Peter and John having answered to them, said, If it is just before God to hear you rather than God, judge ye.
Be not unequally yoked together with the unbelieving: for what participation to justice and iniquity and what communion to light with darkness?
And that from infancy thou hast known the holy letters, able to render thee wise to salvation by faith which in Christ Jesus. All writing divinely inspired, and profitable for doctrine, for refutation, for correction, for instruction in justice:
Judgment shall roll as the waters, and justice as a torrent of strength.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these shall be added to you.
Wash ye, cleanse yourselves: turn away evil from your doings from before mine eyes; leave off the evil; Learn to do good; seek out judgment, lead right the oppressor, judge the orphan, contend for the widow.
Thus said Jehovah, Watch ye judgment and do justice; for my salvation drew near to come, and my justice to be uncovered.
Thus said Jehovah, Do ye judgment and justice, and deliver him taken by force, from the hand of him oppressing: ye shall not be violent, ye shall not oppress the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, and ye shall not pour but innocent blood in this place.
Sow to yourselves for justice, reap ye for the mouth of kindness; break up to you the fallow ground: and the time to seek Jehovah till he shall come and cast justice upon you.
Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of the earth, who did his judgment; seek justice, seek humility: perhaps ye shall be covered in the day of the anger of Jehovah.
Stand therefore, having girded your loins around with truth, and put on the armor of justice;
And thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow justice, devotion, faith, love, patience, meekness.
And flee youthful, eager desires: and follow justice, faith, love, peace, with them calling upon the Lord from a pure heart.
Jehovah opened the eyes of the blind: Jehovah raised those being bowed down: Jehovah loved the just
The way of the unjust an abomination of Jehovah: and he will love him pursuing justice.
For this, the unjust shall not rise up in judgment, and the sinful in the assembly of the just For Jehovah shall know the way of the just: but the way of the unjust shall perish.
And he brought forth as the light thy justice, and thy judgment as the noon.
Then shall the just emit a brilliant light as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He having ears to hear, let him hear.
A little to the just one is good more than the wealth of many unjust. For the arms of the unjust shall be broken, and Jehovah upholds the just
Cast thy giving upon Jehovah and he will sustain thee: he will not give forever a wavering to the just one.
The just one shall flourish as the palm tree: he shall become great as the cedar in Lebanon.
Treasures of injustice shall not profit, and justice shall deliver from death. Jehovah will not cause the soul of the just one to hunger: and he will thrust away the desire of the unjust
Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath, and justice will deliver from death. The justice of the blameless shall make straight his way, and in his injustice the unjust shall fall. The justice of the upright shall deliver them, and transgressors shall be taken in their mischief.
Say to the just, that it is good that they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
He going in justice and speaking uprightness, rejecting in the plunder of oppression; shaking his hands from holding upon a gift, shutting his ear from the hearing of bloods, and binding up his eyes from looking upon evil; He shall dwell upon heights: the strongholds of rocks his height: his bread was given; his waters sure.
And those understanding shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those justifying many, as the stars forever and ever.
Acknowledge your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that ye might be healed. The prayer of the just, being energetic, is very powerful.
They shall break in upon the soul of the just one, and they shall condemn innocent blood.
The just one perished and none put upon the heart: men of kindness being taken away, for none understanding that the just one was taken away from the face of evil
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn it back, for their selling the just one for silver and the needy for shoes;
For I knew your many transgressions, and your strong sins: pressing upon the just, taking a ransom, and they turned away the needy in the gate
But if ye also suffer for justice, happy are ye: be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;