Then Joseph her husband, being righteous, and not willing to expose her to shame, purposed to put her away privately.

But go ye and learn what this meaneth: "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice." For I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

He that receiveth a prophet because he is a prophet, will receive a prophets reward, and he that receiveth a righteous man because he is a righteous man, will receive a righteous mans reward.

Truly do I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and did not see them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear them.

Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.

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

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

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew, between the temple and the altar.

Then will the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

And these will go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into everlasting life.

And while he was sitting on the judgmentseat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered much this day in a dream because of him.

And Jesus hearing it, saith to them, They who are well do not need a physician, but they who are sick. I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and was regardful of him; and on hearing him, was in much anxiety, and listened to him gladly.

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

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

And lo! there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and he was a righteous and devout man, waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him;

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

And all the people when they heard him, and the publicans, acknowledged God as righteous by being baptized with the baptism of John.

and thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee; but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righteous.

I say to you, that in like manner there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninetynine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad into a far country; and there wasted his substance in riotous living.

And to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised all others, he spoke this parable:

And they kept watch on him, and sent forth spies feigning themselves to be righteous men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the civil power and to the authority of the governor.

And the centurion, seeing what was done, gave glory to God, saying, Surely this was a righteous man.

And lo! a man named Joseph, of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, being a councilor, and a good and righteous man,

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Righteous Father! and yet the world knew thee not! but I knew thee, and these knew that thou didst send me.

But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a murderer should be granted to you.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and to hear words from thee.

And he said, The God of our fathers chose thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth;

having a hope in God, which they themselves also entertain, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

For therein is revealed the righteousness which is of God from faith to faith; as it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou art treasuring up for thyself wrath against the day of wrath and of the manifestation of the righteous judgment of God,

for it is not the hearers of a law who are righteous before God, but the doers of a law will be accounted righteous;

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

Because by works of the Law no flesh shall be accepted as righteous: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin.

being accepted as righteous freely, by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

in order to manifest his righteousness at the present time, so that he may be righteous, and accept as righteous him who hath faith.

We conclude therefore, that a man is accepted as righteous through faith, without the works of the Law.

Seeing there is but one God, who will accept the circumcised as righteous by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.

For if Abraham was accepted as righteous through works, he hath ground of boasting. But he hath no ground of boasting before God.

but to him who without performing works hath faith in him who accepteth as righteous one that hath been ungodly, his faith is accounted as righteousness;

as David also speaketh of the blessedness of the man whom God accepteth as righteous without works:

who was delivered up on account of our trespasses, and raised from the dead that we might be accepted as righteous.

Therefore being accepted as righteous through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

Now hardly for a righteous man will one die; perhaps, however, for a benefactor one might even dare to die.

Much more then, being now accepted as righteous through his blood, we shall be saved through him from the [coming] wrath.

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

And those whom he before appointed, he also called; and those whom he called, he also accepted as righteous; and those whom he accepted as righteous, he also glorified.

Who shall bring any charge against the chosen of God? God is he who accepteth them as righteous.

And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but ye were made holy, but ye were accepted as righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

but knowing that a man is not accepted as righteous by the works of the Law, but by faith in Christ Jesus, we also have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be accepted as righteous by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law; for by the works of the Law shall no flesh be accepted as righteous.

But while seeking to be accepted as righteous in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Far be it!

Moreover the Scripture, foreseeing that God was to accept the gentiles as righteous by faith, proclaimed beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham, saying, "In thee shall all nations be blessed."

But further, that through the observance of the Law no one is accepted as righteous with God is evident; for "the righteous shall live by faith."

So then the Law hath been our schoolmaster, to lead us to Christ, that we might be accepted as righteous through faith;

an indication of the righteous judgment of God, by which ye will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye are also suffering;

knowing this, that the Law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me at that day, and not to me only, but to all those who have loved his appearing.

that having been accepted as righteous by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of everlasting life.

Now my righteous man shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him."

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received testimony that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it though dead he yet speaketh.

and to the 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;

Was not Abraham our father accepted as righteous through works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Ye see that by works a man is accounted as righteous, and not by faith only.

And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot accounted as righteous through works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their supplication; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

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

and "if the righteous scarcely is saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"

and delivered righteous Lot, distressed by the lewd conduct of the lawless men;

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

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

My children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin. And if any one have sinned, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness hath been born of him.

My children, let no one deceive you; he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

not as Cain was of the Evil One, and slew his brother. And wherefore did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brothers righteous.

And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and wast holy, because thou hast judged thus;

And I heard the altar saying, Even so, Lord God Almighty! true and righteous are thy judgments.

for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still, and he that is holy, let him be holy still.