But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

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

So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

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

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments 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 Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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

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

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

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

for Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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

I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Also he told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might catch him on what he said, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, and said, "Certainly this was a righteous man!"

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man,

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

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

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to hear what you have to say."

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

having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there will certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

Though they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

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

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

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

Why, one will hardly die for a righteous manthough perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "The righteous man shall live by faith."

You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless we behaved toward you believers;

This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering.

realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers

In the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

By faith Abel offered God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his gifts. And through faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,

You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

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

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;

And "if it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the godless man and the sinner?"

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men

(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),

My little children, I write this to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does right is born of him.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All the nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."

And I heard the angel of the waters say, "Righteous are you, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you judged these things;

It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean"; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.