And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also cause the righteous to perish with the wicked?

Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.

My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples: the isles shall wait for me, and in mine arm shall they trust. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. read more. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of 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 for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron; and I will make thine officers peace, and thy rulers righteousness.

Righteous Father, and the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

But now without law righteousness of God is manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets; righteousness of God by faith of Jesus Christ towards all,and upon all those who believe: for there is no difference;

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

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

(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,)

just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and him also that sojourneth with him.

And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

And it shall be our righteousness if we take heed to do all these commandments before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

And it shall be our righteousness if we take heed to do all these commandments before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.

in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

If there be a controversy between men, and they resort to judgment, and they judge their case; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

He is the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.

then hear thou in the heavens, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, giving him according to his righteousness.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.

There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

He shall receive blessing from Jehovah, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, thou knowest.

Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Jehovah hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations.

And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.

This is the gate of Jehovah: the righteous shall enter therein.

I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant and I shall live; and I will keep thy word.

At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, and kind in all his works.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh aright.

And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, Town of righteousness, Faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and they that return of her with righteousness.

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return: the consumption determined shall overflow in righteousness.

but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

And a throne shall be established in mercy: and in the tent of David there shall sit upon it, in truth, one judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.

But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee, read more. Fear 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. Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

Jehovah had delight in him for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and with it let righteousness spring up. I, Jehovah, have created it.

I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay; and I will give salvation in Zion, and unto Israel my glory.

Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their revilings.

Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?

Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as a garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord Jehovah 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 be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.

Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of thy judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice: he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a woman in her separation, read more. and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment; he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man, hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:

Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a man more righteous than he?

And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.

But Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers him.

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

Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but ye when ye saw it repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.

And having come, he will bring demonstration to the world, of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

of righteousness, because I go away to my Father, and ye behold me no longer;

for righteousness of God is revealed therein, on the principle of faith, to faith: according as it is written, But the just shall live by faith.

but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief;)

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good. Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. read more. They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

according as it is written, There is not a righteous man, not even one;

for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

So that, my brethren, ye also have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

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

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who has been made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption;

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness is by law, then Christ has died for nothing.

Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. And ye know that he has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not. read more. Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him. Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and pure; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.