45 Bible Verses about Righteousness

He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number. For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.

The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.

She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.

Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.

Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;

I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.

And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.

And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.

They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.

Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.

But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.

May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.

Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.

Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.

For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations. Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.

As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.

And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.

Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.

See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.

And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.

For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ. So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men. Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.

By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever. And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins. But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God; read more.
And has been waiting there from that time, till all who are against him are made a foot-rest for his feet. Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing? See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they? And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller? read more.
And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread: But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith? Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed? Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things: But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.

I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.

Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying, You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said, read more.
A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him. He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God. And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.

Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:

Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.

Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it. Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.

Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.

Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright, Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.

Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.

He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.

Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.

I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe; And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say. Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. read more.
For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

And by the edge of the river, on this side and on that, will come up every tree used for food, whose leaves will ever be green and its fruit will not come to an end: it will have new fruit every month, because its waters come out from the holy place: the fruit will be for food and the leaf will make well those who are ill.

In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.

Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith, Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail. But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ. Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil; He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.

Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

And by the edge of the river, on this side and on that, will come up every tree used for food, whose leaves will ever be green and its fruit will not come to an end: it will have new fruit every month, because its waters come out from the holy place: the fruit will be for food and the leaf will make well those who are ill.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.

Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!

From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,

Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.

(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.

And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.

And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.

And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.

In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.

For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.