45 Bible Verses about Righteousness

The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.

And the gift is not like the one man's sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification. Since by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

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The result of righteousness will be peace;
the effect of righteousness
will be quiet confidence forever.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Anyone who has ears should listen!

I have been young and now I am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.

The one who lives with integrity is righteous;
his children who come after him will be happy.

The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

The remnant of Israel will no longer
do wrong or tell lies;
a deceitful tongue will not be found
in their mouths.
But they will pasture and lie down,
with nothing to make them afraid.

and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestor David had done.

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

Stand, therefore,

with truth like a belt around your waist,
righteousness like armor on your chest,

But you, man of God, run from these things,
and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, endurance, and gentleness.

Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied, “Leave for now, but when I find time I’ll call for you.”

Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.

And some of you used to be like this. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is life-giving justification for everyone.

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and gracious in all His acts.

Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before You with our guilt, though no one can stand in Your presence because of this.

Your name, God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is filled with justice.

You answer us in righteousness,
with awe-inspiring works,
God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the distant seas.

I greatly rejoice in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

I clothed myself in righteousness,
and it enveloped me;
my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

I will clothe its priests with salvation,
and its godly people will shout for joy.

“Wake up, wake up;
put on your strength, Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the Holy City!
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
will no longer enter you.

So the Angel of the Lord spoke to those standing before Him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then He said to him, “See, I have removed your guilt from you, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.

He saw that there was no man—
He was amazed that there was no one interceding;
so His own arm brought salvation,
and His own righteousness supported Him.

“The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness.

Righteousness will be a belt around His loins;
faithfulness will be a belt around His waist.

Man cannot be made secure by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous is immovable.

Cast your burden on the Lord,
and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

The one who lives honestly, practices righteousness,
and acknowledges the truth in his heart—

The righteous will never be shaken,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.

He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,
whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

They summon the peoples to a mountain;
there they offer acceptable sacrifices.
For they draw from the wealth of the seas
and the hidden treasures of the sand.

Offer sacrifices in righteousness
and trust in the Lord.

but He will judge the poor righteously
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with discipline from His mouth,
and He will kill the wicked
with a command from His lips.

because He has set a day when He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness.

He will judge Your people with righteousness
and Your afflicted ones with justice.

because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and His ears are open to their request.
But the face of the Lord is against
those who do what is evil.

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and His ears are open to their cry for help.

He does not remove His gaze from the righteous,
but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.

The Lord will not let the righteous go hungry,
but He denies the wicked what they crave.

Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.

Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.

Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to follow every one of these commands before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’

He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

No weapon formed against you will succeed,
and you will refute any accusation
raised against you in court.
This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants,
and their righteousness is from Me.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.

It will be said to Me: Righteousness and strength
is only in the Lord.”
All who are enraged against Him
will come to Him and be put to shame.

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,
and let the skies shower righteousness.
Let the earth open up
so that salvation will sprout
and righteousness will spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.

For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. I will not keep silent because of Zion, and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem until her righteousness shines like a bright light, and her salvation like a flaming torch.

He distributes freely to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.
His horn will be exalted in honor.

As it is written:

He scattered;
He gave to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever.

Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his righteousness endures forever.

because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and His ears are open to their request.
But the face of the Lord is against
those who do what is evil.

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears,
and delivers them from all their troubles.

The Lord is far from the wicked,
but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

He saved us—
not by works of righteousness that we had done,
but according to His mercy,
through the washing of regeneration
and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift- not from works, so that no one can boast.

He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.

So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous
and seeks to kill him;

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

But now, since you have been liberated from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification—and the end is eternal life!

Now the One who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

but to the Son:

Your throne, God,
is forever and ever,
and the scepter of Your kingdom
is a scepter of justice.

Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

Indeed, a king will reign righteously,
and rulers will rule justly.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.

Is this blessing only for the circumcised, then? Or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

He did not waver in unbelief at God’s promise but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

as it is written:

There is no one righteous, not even one.

All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.

but wrath and indignation to those who are self-seeking and disobey the truth but are obeying unrighteousness;

so that all will be condemned—those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.

Since by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is life-giving justification for everyone. For just as through one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

By this will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all. Now every priest stands day after day ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God. read more.
He is now waiting until His enemies are made His footstool. For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are sanctified.

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

for the fruit of the light results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth—

"This is why I tell you: Don't worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the sky: they don't sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they? Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying? read more.
And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don't labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these! If that's how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won't He do much more for you-you of little faith? So don't worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

A righteous man eats until he is satisfied,
but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

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But you, man of God, run from these things,
and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, endurance, and gentleness.

Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.

Genuine righteousness leads to life,
but pursuing evil leads to death.

There is life in the path of righteousness,
but another path leads to death.

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The thoughts of the righteous are just,
but guidance from the wicked leads to deceit.

The desire of the righteous turns out well,
but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

Let lying lips be quieted;
they speak arrogantly against the righteous
with pride and contempt.

Those who passed by were yelling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, "The One who would demolish the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him and said, read more.
"He saved others, but He cannot save Himself! He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him. He has put His trust in God; let God rescue Him now-if He wants Him! For He said, 'I am God's Son.' " In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with Him kept taunting Him.

Wicked behavior is detestable to kings,
since a throne is established through righteousness.

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

Righteousness guards people of integrity,
but wickedness undermines the sinner.

Listen to me, you hardhearted,
far removed from justice:

Those who pursue evil plans come near;
they are far from Your instruction.

For no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

But Israel, pursuing the law for righteousness, has not achieved the law. Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

The wicked man earns an empty wage,
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.

Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.

Many adversities come to the one who is righteous,
but the Lord delivers him from them all.

The righteous one is rescued from trouble;
in his place, the wicked one goes in.

As for the holy people who are in the land,
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.

A righteous man is careful in dealing with his neighbor,
but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.

for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but He is a friend to the upright.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
The Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord detests the way of the wicked,
but He loves the one who pursues righteousness.

The house of the righteous has great wealth,
but trouble accompanies the income of the wicked.

Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his righteousness endures forever.

But if the wicked man is shown favor,
he does not learn righteousness.
In a righteous land he acts unjustly
and does not see the majesty of the Lord.

He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their sin.

You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment, and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.

In His days Judah will be saved,
and Israel will dwell securely.
This is what He will be named:
Yahweh Our Righteousness.

The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
You have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,
and splendid clothes instead of despair.
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify Him.

Then all your people will be righteous;
they will possess the land forever;
they are the branch I planted,
the work of My hands,
so that I may be glorified.

Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey—either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness?

and having been liberated from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that, having died to sins,
we might live for righteousness;
you have been healed by His wounds.

instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

Therefore, it was credited to him for righteousness.

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.

You have loved righteousness
and hated lawlessness;
this is why God, Your God,
has anointed You
with the oil of joy
rather than Your companions.

Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.

If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

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Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,
whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Offer sacrifices in righteousness
and trust in the Lord.

I clothed myself in righteousness,
and it enveloped me;
my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding. So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless. "Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' read more.
"For many are invited, but few are chosen."

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

Those who turn justice into wormwood
throw righteousness to the ground.

Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to follow every one of these commands before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’

He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That man will see His face with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.

All kinds of trees providing food will grow along both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fresh fruit because the water comes from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for medicine.”

down the middle of the broad street of the city. The tree of life was on both sides of the river, bearing 12 kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,

Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

by the message of truth,
by the power of God;
through weapons of righteousness
on the right hand and the left,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness that is in the law, blameless. But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

The one who lives righteously and speaks rightly, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil- he will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be the rocky fortresses, his food provided, his water assured.

You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“You must not act unjustly when deciding a case. Do not be partial to the poor or give preference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

The one who pursues righteousness and faithful love
will find life, righteousness, and honor.

What the wicked dreads will come to him,
but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;
He repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.

Planted in the house of the Lord, they thrive in the courtyards of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, healthy and green,

Stand, therefore,

with truth like a belt around your waist,
righteousness like armor on your chest,

you put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Gray hair is a glorious crown;
it is found in the way of righteousness.