Then Abraham drew near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?"

"You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed. read more. "Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings. For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness.

O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it-- the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:

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

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

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

And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.

You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.'

And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.'

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.

"If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,

"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding 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 will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous-- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!

For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.

There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.

they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.

He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

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

The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.

This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.

Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word.

At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.

I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.

Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city." Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!

For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, "You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off"; read more. fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.

The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.

"Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the LORD have created it.

I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory."

"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed. "Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.

"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.

Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

"If a man is righteous and does what is just and right-- if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, read more. does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, does not lend at interest or take any profit, withholds his hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man, walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully--he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord GOD.

O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!

saying, "When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances,

Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?

You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."

But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. The LORDlooks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. read more. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;

For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."

And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

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

And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. read more. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"--for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.