Thematic Bible: The righteous


Thematic Bible



Certainly you reward the godly, Lord. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor.












for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.


I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.

The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth."

For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?


Then the kingdom, authority, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be delivered to the people of the holy ones of the Most High. His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; all authorities will serve him and obey him.'


and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the Lord!






Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.

They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.

The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence."


"Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."


Then I looked, and here was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

They were told not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead.

The Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it."






"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.



When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.


He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.



He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.




"My portion is the Lord," I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.

Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

(Khet) The Lord is my source of security. I have determined to follow your instructions.

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living."






The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.




Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs."










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