And Abraham drew near and said, Will You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Far be it from You to act in this manner, to kill the righteous with the wicked. And far be it from You, that the righteous should be as the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. You shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

I will bring my knowledge from afar, and I will credit righteousness to my Maker.

My righteousness is near; My salvation has gone out, and My arms shall judge peoples; the coastlands shall wait on Me, and on My arm they shall 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 become old like a garment; and its inhabitants shall die in the same way. But My salvation shall be forever, and My righteousness shall not be broken. read more. Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My Law; do not fear the reproach of men, nor be 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 forever, and My salvation from generation to generation.

For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver; and for wood I will bring bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make your overseers to be peace, and your rulers to be righteousness.

O righteous Father, indeed the world has not known You; but I have known You, and these have known that You have sent me.

But now a righteousness of God has been revealed apart from Law, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets; even the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ, toward all and upon all those who believe. For there is no difference,

For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves 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 Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. 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 brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger with him.

And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

And if we are careful to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as He has commanded us, it shall be our righteousness.

And if we are careful to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as He has commanded us, it shall be our righteousness.

You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your gates which Jehovah your God gives you, tribe by tribe. And they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

You shall certainly give back to him the pledge at sundown, that he may sleep in his own clothing, and bless you. And it shall be righteousness to you before Jehovah your God.

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and they have been judged, and the righteous one is declared righteous, and the wrongdoer declared guilty,

He is the Rock; His work is perfect. For all His ways are just, a God of faithfulness, and without evil; just and upright is He.

then hear in Heaven, and do, and judge Your servants, to declare the wicked to be wicked, to bring his way on his head, and to declare the righteous to be righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of the scornful.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For Jehovah knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.

For the righteous Jehovah loves righteousness; His face looks on the upright.

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 yet be born, that He has done this.

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

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo, I have not kept back My lips, O Jehovah, You know.

Justice and judgment are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth shall go before Your face.

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

Jehovah has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has unveiled to the eyes of the nations.

And it was counted to him for righteousness to all generations forevermore.

This is the gate of Jehovah into which the righteous shall enter.

I will praise You with uprightness of heart when I have learned Your righteous judgments.

GIMEL: Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your Word.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous judgments.

I know, O Jehovah, that Your judgments are right, and that You have afflicted me in faithfulness.

Jehovah is righteous in all His ways and holy in all His works.

Better is a little with righteousness than great gain without right.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.

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

And I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning; afterwards you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her returning ones with righteousness.

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin with cart ropes;

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

For though Your people Israel are like the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return; the full end which is decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and shall decide with uprightness 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 slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His heart.

And in mercy the throne shall be established; and he shall sit on it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment, and speeding righteousness.

But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend; whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from its sides. And I said to you, You are My servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away. read more. Do not fear; for I am with you; be not dismayed; for I am your God. I will make you strong; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness. Behold, all those who were angered against you shall be ashamed and confounded; they shall be as nothing. And those who fight with you shall perish.

Jehovah is well pleased for His righteousness sake; He will magnify the Law and make it honorable.

Drop down from above, O heavens, and let the clouds pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, and let salvation bear fruit; and let righteousness spring up together. I Jehovah have created it.

I bring near My righteousness. It shall not be far off, and My salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion, My glory for Israel.

Listen to me, pursuers of righteousness; seekers of Jehovah: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

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 become old like a garment; and its inhabitants shall die in the same way. But My salvation shall be forever, and My righteousness shall not be broken. Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My Law; do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed ones go free, and that you break every yoke?

Therefore judgment is far from us; nor does justice overtake us. We wait for light, but behold, dimness; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

For as the earth comes out with its bud, and as the garden causes that which is sown to grow; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to grow before all the nations.

For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes out as brightness, and her salvation as a burning lamp.

Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?

But a man that is just and does what is just and right, and has not eaten on 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 a menstruating woman, read more. and has not ill-treated any man, but has given the debtor's pledge back to him, has robbed none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry and has covered the naked with a garment; he has not given out on usury, nor has taken any increase, he has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has done judgment between man and man, has walked in My statutes, and has kept My judgments to deal truly, he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord Jehovah.

You who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off righteousness in the earth,

saying, When will the new moon be gone so that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and perverting the balances by deceit;

Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?

You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look upon vexation. Why do You look upon those who deal deceitfully? Will you be silent when the wicked swallows one more righteous than he?

But to you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise, and healing will be on His wings. And you shall go out and frisk like calves of the stall.

And answering Jesus said to him, Allow it now, for it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allowed Him.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled.

Blessed are they who have been persecuted for righteousness sake! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

For I say to you that unless your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of Heaven.

Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven.

Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall 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 harlots believed him. And when you had seen it, you did not repent afterwards so that you might believe him.

And when that One comes, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment.

concerning righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

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

But according to your hardness and your impenitent heart, do you treasure up wrath for yourself in a day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good. Jehovah looked down from Heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God. read more. All have gone aside, together they are filthy; there is none who does good, no, not one.

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

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

But to him not working, but believing on Him justifying the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

So, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law by the body of Christ so that you should be married to Another, even to Him raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God.

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

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness is through law, then Christ died without cause.

Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was revealed that He might take away our sins, and in Him is no sin. read more. Everyone who abides in Him does not sin. Everyone who sins has not seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as that One is righteous.

And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white. For the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.