45 Bible Verses about Righteousness

he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification. For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

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

But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid."

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, "Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you."

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.

He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.

Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.

Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this."

As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.

By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.

Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.

Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."

They shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand."

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.

but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead."

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, "The one who does them will live by them."

but his delight is in Yahweh's law. On his law he meditates day and night.

It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us."

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

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me," says Yahweh.

They will say of me, 'There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.'" Even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be disappointed.

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.

For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever."

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

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.

who 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 times eternal,

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.

Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn't waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,

What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.

but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,

that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life. For as through the one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God; read more.
from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet. For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they? "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan? read more.
Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith? "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"

Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.

He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said, read more.
"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:

They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness. Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

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

A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.

The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

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

Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh's majesty.

Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

Your people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

Therefore it also was "reckoned to him for righteousness."

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows."

Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing, and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.' read more.
For many are called, but few chosen."

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us."

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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

concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless. However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil -- he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.

They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts. They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!"

From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

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

who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger.

for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."

By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.

But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.

The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

and didn't spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

Let your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!"

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

"Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.

I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.