Romans 10:3

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

Romans 1:17

For in it God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.

Luke 16:15

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

Leviticus 26:41

and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled, and if they will pay the penalty for their sin,

Nehemiah 9:33

You are righteous concerning all that has come on us,
because You have acted faithfully,
while we have acted wickedly.

Job 33:27

He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.

Psalm 71:15-16

My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.

Psalm 71:19

Your righteousness reaches heaven, God,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You?

Isaiah 51:6

Look up to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its inhabitants will die like gnats.
But My salvation will last forever,
and My righteousness will never be shattered.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.

Isaiah 56:1

This is what the Lord says:

Preserve justice and do what is right,
for My salvation is coming soon,
and My righteousness will be revealed.

Isaiah 57:12

I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.

Isaiah 64:6

All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

“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.

Lamentations 3:22

ח KhetBecause of the Lord’s faithful love
we do not perish,
for His mercies never end.

Daniel 9:6-9

We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.

Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks are decreed
about your people and your holy city—
to bring the rebellion to an end,
to put a stop to sin,
to wipe away iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy place.

Luke 10:29

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 15:17-21

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

Luke 18:9-12

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

John 16:9-10

About sin, because they do not believe in Me;

Romans 3:22

—that is, God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe, since there is no distinction.

Romans 3:26

God presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 5:19

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.

Romans 9:30-32

What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness—namely the righteousness that comes from faith.

2 Corinthians 5:21

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.

Galatians 5:3-4

Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to keep the entire law.

Philippians 3:9

and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a slave and an apostle of Jesus Christ:

To those who have obtained a faith of equal privilege with ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Revelation 3:17-18

Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Bible References

God's righteousness

Romans 1:17
For in it God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.
Psalm 71:15
My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.
Isaiah 51:6
Look up to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its inhabitants will die like gnats.
But My salvation will last forever,
and My righteousness will never be shattered.
Isaiah 56:1
This is what the Lord says:

Preserve justice and do what is right,
for My salvation is coming soon,
and My righteousness will be revealed.
Jeremiah 23:5
“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.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are decreed
about your people and your holy city—
to bring the rebellion to an end,
to put a stop to sin,
to wipe away iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy place.
John 16:9
About sin, because they do not believe in Me;
2 Corinthians 5:21
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.
2 Peter 1:1
Simeon Peter, a slave and an apostle of Jesus Christ:

To those who have obtained a faith of equal privilege with ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

To establish

Romans 9:31
But Israel, pursuing the law for righteousness, has not achieved the righteousness of the law.
Isaiah 57:12
I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.
Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
Luke 10:29
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Luke 16:15
And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.
Luke 18:9
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
Galatians 5:3
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to keep the entire law.
Philippians 3:9
and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.
Revelation 3:17
Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

Submitted

Leviticus 26:41
and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled, and if they will pay the penalty for their sin,
Nehemiah 9:33
You are righteous concerning all that has come on us,
because You have acted faithfully,
while we have acted wickedly.
Job 33:27
He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.
Lamentations 3:22
ח KhetBecause of the Lord’s faithful love
we do not perish,
for His mercies never end.
Daniel 9:6
We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.
Luke 15:17
When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

General references

Genesis 3:12
Then the man replied, “The woman You gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”
Deuteronomy 6:25
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.’
Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
Job 9:30
If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,
Isaiah 57:12
I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.
Luke 18:21
“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

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