Reference: Righteousness
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Rectitude, justice, holiness; an essential perfection of God's character, Job 36:3; Isa 51:5-8; Joh 17:25; and of his administration, Ge 18:25; Ro 3:21-22; 10:3. It is the wonder of grace that as the righteous guardian of the law, he can acquit the unrighteous. "The righteousness of Christ" includes his spotless holiness, his perfect obedience the law demands; and "the righteousness of faith" is that imputed to the sinner who believes in Christ. With reference to personal character, righteousness is used both for uprightness between man and man, and for true religion, Ge 18:23; Le 19:15; Isa 60:17; Ro 14:17; Eph 5:9.
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And Abraham drew near, and said, Will thou consume righteous men with wicked men?
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay a righteous man with a wicked man, that so the righteous man should be as the wicked man. Far be it from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my maker.
My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples. The isles shall wait for me, and on my arm they shall trust. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath. For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and those who dwell in it shall die in like manner. But my salvation shal read more. Hearken to me, ye who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Fear ye not the reproach of men, nor be ye dismayed at their revilings. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations.
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make thy officers peace, and thine overseers righteousness.
And righteous Father, the world does not know thee, but I know thee, and these know that thou sent me.
But now a righteousness of God has been manifested independent of law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. And the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ is for all and upon all those who believe, for there is no distinction.
For not understanding the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit.
(for the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Easton
See Justification.
Hastings
RIGHTEOUSNESS
I. In OT.
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Ye shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner who is with him.
And thou shall bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
And it shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before LORD our God as he has commanded us.
And it shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before LORD our God as he has commanded us.
Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Thou shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness to thee before LORD thy God.
If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [they] judge them, then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the iniquitous.
The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice, a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
For LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright man shall behold his face.
There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done it.
He shall receive a blessing from LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly. Lo, I will not refrain my lips. O LORD, thou know.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne. Loving kindness and truth go before thy face.
Light is sown for the righteous man, and gladness for the upright in heart.
LORD has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
And that was reckoned to him for righteousness to all generations for evermore.
I will give thanks to thee with uprightness of heart when I learn thy righteous judgments.
Deal bountifully with thy servant that I may live, so I will observe thy word.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to thee because of thy righteous ordinances.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou have afflicted me.
LORD is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
Better is a little, with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning. Afterward thou shall be called the city of righteousness, a faithful town. Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!
who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!
For though thy people, Israel, be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall return. A destruction [is] determined, overflowing with righteousness.
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. And righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
And a throne shall be established in loving kindness, and he shall sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said to thee, Thou are my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away. read more. Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all those who are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded. Those who strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
It pleased LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Distil, ye 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 together. I, LORD, have created it.
I bring near my righteousness. It shall not be far off. And my salvation shall not tarry, and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Hearken to me, ye who follow after righteousness, ye who seek LORD. Look to the rock from where ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit from where ye were dug.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath. For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and those who dwell in it shall die in like manner. But my salvation shal Hearken to me, ye who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Fear ye not the reproach of men, nor be ye dismayed at their revilings.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness overtake us. We look for light, but, behold, darkness, for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so lord LORD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously?
But if a man be just, and does that which is lawful and right. And has not eaten upon the mountains, nor has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor has defiled his neighbor's wife, nor has come near to a woman in her impurity, read more. and has not wronged any man, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to a hungry man, and has covered a naked man with a garment, he who has not given forth upon interest, nor has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed TRUE justice between man and man, has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly, he is just. He shall surely live, says lord LORD.
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit,
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
But to you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in its wings, and ye shall go forth, and frolic as calves of the stall.
But having answered, Jesus said to him, Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allows him.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
For I say to you, that unless your righteousness abounds more than of the scholars and Pharisees, ye will, no, not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
For John came to you in a way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen it, ye did not repent afterward to believe him.
And having come, he will convict the world about sin, and about justice, and about judgment.
and about justice because I go to the Father, and ye see me no more,
For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith for faith, just as it is written, And the righteous man will live from faith.
But according to thy hardness, and thy impenitent heart, thou store up wrath to thyself in the day of wrath, and revelation, and righteous judgment of God,
And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
Morish
A term frequently occurring in scripture expressing an attribute of God which maintains what is consistent with His own character, and necessarily judges what is opposed to it
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The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good. LORD looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God. read more. They are all gone aside. They are together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one.
as it is written, There is no righteous man, not even one.
For what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
But to the man not being employed, but who believes in him who makes the impious man righteous, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
Therefore, my brothers, ye also became dead to the law through the body of Christ in order for ye to become to another, to him who was raised from the dead, so that we would bear fruit to God.
For not understanding the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.
But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
I do not disregard the grace of God, for if righteousness is through law, then Christ died in vain.
Every man doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And ye know that that man was made known so that he might take up our sins. And in him is no sin. read more. Every man abiding in him does not sin. Every man who is sinning has not seen him, nor has known him. Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who is doing righteousness is righteous, just as that man is righteous.
And it was given her that she clothe herself in fine linen, bright and pure. For the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the sanctified.
Watsons
RIGHTEOUSNESS, justice, holiness. The righteousness of God is the essential perfection of his nature; sometimes it is put for his justice. The righteousness of Christ denotes, not only his absolute perfection, but, is taken for his perfect obedience unto death, and his suffering the penalty of the law in our stead. The righteousness of the law is that obedience which the law requires. The righteousness of faith is the justification which is received by faith.