10 Bible Verses about A Righteous People

For I say to you, Unless your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

and that ye put on the new man, who was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in the present world;

Now, he that ministereth seed to the sower, and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they will be filled.

Now all chastening for the present indeed seemeth to be not joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yieldeth the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.