Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.

Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

"Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."

Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say."

He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.

For as through the one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."

This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"

and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked

(for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.

Who wouldn't fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed."

I heard the angel of the waters saying, "You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you have judged these things.

I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments."

for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand."

It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still."