24 Bible Verses about People In Righteousness

I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart will not blame [any] of my days.

Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered.

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me.

I have done justice and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors.

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

[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.

[His] light rises in the darkness for the upright; [he is] gracious and compassionate and righteous.

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

{He gives lavishly} to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.

Just as it is written, "He scattered widely, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remains {forever}."

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for you.

So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, {became angry}. {He became angry} at Job because he justified himself rather than God,

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall grow quickly. And your salvation shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh will be your rear guard.

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, people [who have] my teaching in their heart; you must not fear [the] reproach of men, or be terrified because of their abuse.

O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Then Yahweh said to me, "Apostate Israel has proved herself more upright than treacherous Judah.

Also, you bear your disgrace, [by] which you furnished justification to your sisters through your sins [by] which you acted more abominably than they; they were more righteous than you, and also, you be ashamed and bear your disgrace through your making your sister righteous.

And Samaria did not sin {according to even half of your sins}, and you caused your detestable things to increase more than they, and you made your sister righteous [in comparison] with all of your detestable things that you did.

The person, the [one] sinning, will die. A son shall not bear the guilt of the father, and a father shall not bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him; the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

"So you, son of man, say to {your people} [that] the righteousness of the righteous shall not save him in the day of his transgression, and the wickedness of the wicked {will not cause him to stumble} on the day of his returning from his wickedness; and [the] righteous will not be able to live by it on the day when he returns to his sin.

Incline your ear, my God, and listen; open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that is called [by] your name, for we [are] not presenting our pleas for mercy {before you} because of our righteousness, but [rather] because of your great compassion.

They [are] dreadful and awesome; their justice and their dignity proceed from themselves.

But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, did not attain to the law.

but hospitable, loving what is good, prudent, just, devout, self-controlled,