36 Bible Verses about Righteousness

By who says he "remains in him" ought to spend his life as he spent his.

And it is not with the free gift as it was through the one that sinned; for the judgment came from one transgression unto condemnation; but the free gift came from many transgressions unto acquittal. For if through the transgression of the one, death reigned as king through the one, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in life through One, through Jesus Christ.

But we are not, for we through the Spirit are eagerly waiting by faith for a hope of righteousness (a hope well founded);

It is of him that you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

If you know that he is righteous you know also that every one who habitually practices righteousness has been born of him.

So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. For the fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty in its working.

"And then shall the just shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears to hear, listen!

who was a descendant of Aaron. They were both righteous in the sight of the Lord, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the law, blameless.

"Hence I too endeavor to have a conscience void of offense toward God and men alway.

and then being a widow even for fourscore and four years. She departed not from the temple, but worshiped with the fasting and prayer, night and day.

Stand firm then, girt about with the belt of truth, and wearing the breastplate of righteousness,

But you, O servant of God, flee from these things, and run after integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, gentleness.

And as he reasoned about morality, self-control, and the future judgment, Felix was terrified, and said, "For the present go on your way, and when I find a convenient season, I will send for you."

Since we stand justified as the result of faith, let us continue to enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith;

Such were some of you, but you have washed away your stains, you have been consecrated, you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

It follows then, as through the transgression of one man came condemnation unto all men, even so through the act of righteousness of One came acquittal and life to all men.

And I saw heaven opened, and lo! a white horse; and he who sat upon him was named "Faithful and True"; and in righteousness does he judge and make war.

inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."

And I saw heaven opened, and lo! a white horse; and he who sat upon him was named "Faithful and True"; and in righteousness does he judge and make war.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears are open to their cry; But the face of the Lord is set against evil-doers.

who was a descendant of Aaron. They were both righteous in the sight of the Lord, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the law, blameless.

For Moses writes concerning the righteousness of the Law, saying, The man that doeth it shall live by it.

Him who knew no sin, in our behalf he has made to be sin; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

As it is written. He scattered broadcast, he gave to the poor; His almsgiving continues forever.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears are open to their cry; But the face of the Lord is set against evil-doers.

He saved us, not because of any deeds that we had done in righteousness, But because of his own pity for us. He saved us by that washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is God's gift. It is not of works, so that any one can boast of it;

He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not dealing with us according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.

"that upon your heads may come every drop of innocent blood spilt upon the earth, from the blood of Abel, the just, to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and the altar.

We are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? It was because his own deeds were evil, and his brother's, righteous.

"I am the Vine you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears abundant fruit; because apart from me you can do nothing.

Now no discipline seems for the present to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yields the peaceable fruits of righteousness to those who have been trained under it.

But now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves of God, the harvest-fruit which you are reaping tends to produce holiness, and it ends is life eternal.

He who ever supplies seed to the sower, and bread for the food of man, will supply and make plentous your seed, and increase the harvest springing up from your almsgiving.

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

But to the Son he says. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, And the scepter of thy kingdom is the scepter of justice.

For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith-righteousness.

Is this blessing, then, for the circumcised alone? or for the uncircumcised also? Abraham's faith, I say, was imputed to him for righteousness.

and he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the faith-righteousness which he had while he was in uncircumcision; in order that he might be the father of all who believe, even though they are uncircumcised; so that righteousness might be imputed to them.

Nor did he with regard to the promise of God waver in unbelief, but he waxed strong in faith, while he gave God glory,

As it is written. There is none righteous, no, not one;

but anger and wrath upon those who are self-willed and disobey the truth, but obey unrighteousness.

so that they all should be condemned, who are faithless to the truth, but take pleasure in evil.

For if through the transgression of the one, death reigned as king through the one, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in life through One, through Jesus Christ. It follows then, as through the transgression of one man came condemnation unto all men, even so through the act of righteousness of One came acquittal and life to all men. For just as through the disobedience of one man the rest were made sinners; even so by the obedience of One shall all the rest be made righteous.

And it is by this will that we have been sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. For while every priest stands, day after day, at his ministrations, and many times repeats the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, this Priest, after offering one Sacrifice for sins, sat down forever on God's right hand; read more.
henceforth waiting until his enemies be put as the footstool of his feet. For by one single offering he has perfected forever those whom he is sanctifying.

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

Lead the life of children of light, for the fruit of the light consists in every kind of goodness and uprightness and truth.

"For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, inquiring what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your body, inquiring what you shall wear. Is not your life more than its food, and your body than its clothing? "Behold! the birds in the sky! They neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them; and are not you worth more than they? "Which one of you by being anxious is able to add even one cubit to his stature? read more.
"Why be anxious then about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin. "But I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was robed like one of these. "If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith? "Then do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'" "For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all. "But continue to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

But you, O servant of God, flee from these things, and run after integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, gentleness.

Flee from the passions of youth, but run after righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in company with those who out of a pure heart call upon the Lord.

I do not annul the grace of God; for if righteousness comes by way of the Law, then indeed Christ died Christ for nothing.

Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would actually have come from law;

Those who passed by reviled him, wagging their heads saying. "You who were going to destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" In like manner the chief priests, too, with the Scribes and elders, kept taunting him. read more.
"He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him! He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'" In the same way the robbers also who were being crucified with him, dept reviling him.

For no man will be justified in God's sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness of sin.

But that the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law? And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but thought to gain it by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness?

and being set free from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness??19 I speak in these homely figures because of the weakness of your fleshly nature??ust as you once surrendered your faculties into slavery to impurity and to all lawlessness, so now you must surrender your faculties into slavery to righteousness, unto deeds of holiness.

He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

And schooling us to renounce impiety and evil passions, And to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

and he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the faith-righteousness which he had while he was in uncircumcision; in order that he might be the father of all who believe, even though they are uncircumcised; so that righteousness might be imputed to them.

And so his faith was reckoned to him for righteousness.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore did God, thy God, anoint thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy comrades.

My children, let no one deceive you; he who is working righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

If you know that he is righteous you know also that every one who habitually practices righteousness has been born of him.

"Then the king came in to inspect his guests, and he discovered there a man who had not put on a wedding-garment. He said to him, "'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding-garment?' "The man was speechless. "'Bind him hand and foot, 'said the king to his officers, 'and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth.' read more.
"For there are many called, but few are chosen."

Moreover he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves because they were righteous, and looked down upon the rest.

For because they were ignorant of God's righteousness, and sought to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.

So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. For the fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty in its working.

"And will not God see justice done to his elect who are crying unto him day and night, even if he seems to delay helping them?

Wake up, do justly, cease from sin; for I say to your shame that some of you have no acquaintance with God.

Wake up, do justly, cease from sin; for I say to your shame that some of you have no acquaintance with God.

It is of him that you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

In the middle of the broad street of the City. On each side of the river was a Tree of Life, Bearing twelve kinds of fruit, Each month yielding its own fruit. And the leaves of the tree Were for the healing of the nations.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? what communion has light with darkness?

by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense,

But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control; against such there is no law.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which comes through law, blameless. But what was once gain to me, that I have counted loss for Christ. In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse that I may gain Christ,

Stand firm then, girt about with the belt of truth, and wearing the breastplate of righteousness,

and to put on the new self, created after God's likeness, in the uprightness and holiness of the truth.

Every Scripture, seeing that it is God-breathed, is also profitable for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

"But the seed sown in good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and makes now an hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty."

Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

But we are not, for we through the Spirit are eagerly waiting by faith for a hope of righteousness (a hope well founded);

who through faith conquered kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Lead the life of children of light, for the fruit of the light consists in every kind of goodness and uprightness and truth.

Now no discipline seems for the present to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yields the peaceable fruits of righteousness to those who have been trained under it.

"Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But even if you should suffer in behalf of righteousness, you are happy. Do not be afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice more acceptable than that of Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it he, although he is dead, still speaks.

But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty."

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon an ungodly world;

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for the righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.

What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith?

For when you were the slaves of sin, you were under no subjection to righteousness.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; for every one who does not work righteousness is not a child of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

For to every believer Christ is an end of law as a means of righteousness.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for the righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.

Do not continue to present any part of your body to sin to be used as a weapon of unrighteousness. On the contrary, be presenting yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and the various parts of your bodies to be used as weapons of righteousness.