24 Bible Verses about People In Righteousness

I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.

I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.

As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.

Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

"Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.

Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;

And the LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.

The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

"And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.

O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.

They are dreaded and fearsome; their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.

but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousnessdid not succeed in reaching that law.

but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.