Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.

Through me chiefs have authority, and the noble ones are judging in righteousness.

Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness.

I go in the road of righteousness, in the way of right judging:

Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.

But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.

And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace;

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?

And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;

For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.

Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,

If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.

What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.

And a voice came from the altar, saying, Even so, O Lord God, Ruler of all, true and full of righteousness is your judging.

And to her it was given to be clothed in delicate linen, clean and shining: for the clean linen is the righteousness of the saints.

And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.

For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.

Then a king's seat will be based on mercy, and one will be seated on it in the tent of David for ever; judging uprightly, and quick to do righteousness.

The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

But the Lord of armies is lifted up as judge, and the Holy God is seen to be holy in righteousness.

Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

Let the evil man go on in his evil: and let the unclean be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still.

See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.

The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.

In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.

And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.

For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.

Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the sea-lands will be waiting for me, and they will put their hope in my strong arm.

Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.

Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.

For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.

... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.

No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.

The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen.

I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.

For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.

Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.

In place of brass, I will give gold, and for iron silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make Peace your judge, and Righteousness your overseer.

To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.

Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.