Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Righteousness
Bible References
Righteousness
Deuteronomy 4:6
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Deuteronomy 28:1
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:
Judges 2:6
Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Jeremiah 2:2
Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
But
Deuteronomy 28:15
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
Deuteronomy 29:18
lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
Psalm 107:34
A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.