32 Bible Verses about Fruits Of Righteousness

For I tell you, unless your goodness excels that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the Realm of heaven.

The good man brings good out of his good store, and the evil man brings evil out of his store of evil.

He who belongs to God listens to the words of God; you do not listen to them, because you do not belong to God."

Jesus answered, "If anyone loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up our abode with him.

Remain in me, as I remain in you: just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, without remaining on the vine, neither can you, unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing).

(I use this human analogy to bring the truth home to your weak nature.) As you once dedicated your members to the service of vice and lawlessness, so now dedicate them to the service of righteousness that means consecration. When you served sin, you were free of righteousness. Well, what did you gain then by it all? Nothing but what you are now ashamed of! The end of all that is death;read more.
but now that you are set free from sin, now that you have passed into the service of God, your gain is consecration, and the end of that is life eternal.

in order to secure the fulfilment of the Law's requirements in our lives, as we live and move not by the flesh but by the Spirit.

The interests of the flesh mean death, the interests of the Spirit mean life and peace.

The Reign of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, it means righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit; he who serves Christ on these lines, is acceptable to God and esteemed by men.

There is a new creation whenever a man comes to be in Christ; what is old is gone, the new has come.

He who furnishes the sower with seed and with bread to eat will supply seed for you and multiply it; he will increase the crop of your charities ??11 you will be enriched on all hands, so that you can be generous on all occasions, and your generosity, of which I am the agent, will make men give thanks to God;

But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity, gentleness, self-control: ??there is no law against those who practise such things.

Make no mistake ??God is not to be mocked ??a man will reap just what he sows; he who sows for his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, and he who sows for the Spirit will reap life eternal from the Spirit.

(for the fruit of light consists in all that is good and right and true),

your life covered with that harvest of righteousness which Jesus Christ produces to the glory and the praise of God.

Only, do lead a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ. Whether I come and see you or only hear of you in absence, let me know you are standing firm in a common spirit, fighting side by side like one man for the faith of the gospel. Never be scared for a second by your opponents; your fearlessness is a clear omen of ruin for them and of your own salvation ??at the hands of God.

for it is God who in his goodwill enables you to will this and to achieve it.

and put on the new nature which is renewed in the likeness of its Creator for the knowledge of him.

So shun the lusts of youth and aim at integrity, faith, love and peace, in the company of those who invoke the Lord out of a pure heart.

Now the crown of a good life awaits me, with which the Lord, that just Judge, will reward me on the great Day ??and not only me but all who have loved and longed for his appearance.

I pray that by their participation in your loyal faith they may have a vivid sense of how much good we Christians can attain.

Does a fountain pour out fresh water and brackish from the same hole? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives? Or a vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh. Who among you is wise and learned? Let him show by his good conduct, with the modesty of wisdom, what his deeds are.read more.
But if you are cherishing bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on that ??and be false to the truth. That is not the wisdom which comes down from above, it is an earthly wisdom, sensuous, devilish; for wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there disorder reigns and every evil. The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, forbearing, conciliatory, full of mercy and wholesome fruit, unambiguous, straightforward; and the peacemakers who sow in peace reap righteousness.

intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety, piety with brotherliness, brotherliness with Christian love. For as these qualities exist and increase with you, they render you active and fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;read more.
whereas he who has not these by him is blind, shortsighted, oblivious that he has been cleansed from his erstwhile sins.

This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands. He who says, 'I know him,' but does not obey his commands, is a liar and the truth is not in him; but whoever obeys his word, in him love to God is really complete. This is how we may be sure we are in him:read more.
he who says he 'remains in him' ought to live as he lived.

He who loves his brother remains in the light ??and in the light there is no pitfall; but he who hates his brother is in darkness, he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Let that remain in you which you learned from the very beginning; if what you learned from the very beginning remains with you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father.

As you know he is just, be sure that everyone who practises righteousness is born of him.

And everyone who rests this hope on him, purifies himself as he is pure.

anyone who remains in him does not sin ??anyone who sins has neither seen nor known him. Let no one deceive you, my dear children: he who practises righteousness is just, as He is just;

Anyone who is born of God does not commit sin, for the offspring of God remain in Him, and they cannot sin, because they are born of God.

We know we have crossed from death to life, because we love the brotherhood; he who has no love [for his brother] remains in death.

and we get from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.