66 Bible Verses about Righteous, The
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The righteous person lives a life of integrity; happy are his children who follow him!
What the righteous say is a flowing fountain, but what the wicked say conceals violence.
The mind of the righteous thinks before speaking, but the wicked person spews out evil.
What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work. All day long he continues to crave, while the righteous person gives without holding back.
The righteous person is concerned about the poor; but the wicked don't understand what they need to know.
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be assembled in front of him, and he will cull them out, one from another, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will put the sheep on his right but the goats on his left.read more.
"Then the king will say to those on his right, "Come, you who have been blessed by my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world, because I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you took care of me. I was in prison, and you visited me.' "Then the righteous will say to him, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you as a stranger and welcome you, or see you naked and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison, and visit you?' The king will answer them, "I tell all of you with certainty, since you did it for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.'
the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD also said, "How great is the disapproval of Sodom and Gomorrah! Their sin is so very serious! I'm going down to see whether they've acted according to the protests that have reached me. If not, I wish to know." Then two of the men turned away from there and walked toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing in the presence of the LORD.read more.
Abraham approached and asked, "Will you actually destroy the righteous along with the wicked? Perhaps there are 50 righteous ones within the city. Will you actually destroy it and not forgive the place for the sake of the 50 righteous that are found there? Far be it from you to do such a thing to kill the righteous along with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! The Judge of all the earth will do what is right, won't he?" The LORD said, "If I find 50 righteous people within Sodom, I'll forgive the whole place for their sake." Abraham answered, "Look, even though I am only dust and ashes, I've ventured to speak to my LORD. What if there are five less than 50 righteous ones? Will you bring destruction upon the city because of those five?" The LORD said, "I won't destroy it if I find 45 there." Abraham continued to speak to him, asking, "What if 40 are found there?" The LORD replied, "I won't do it for the sake of those 40." Abraham then asked, "I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak. What if 30 are found there?" The LORD answered, "I won't do it for the sake of those 30." "Look," Abraham said, "I've presumed to speak to my LORD" so what if 20 are found there?" "For the sake of those 20," the LORD responded, "I won't destroy it." Finally, Abraham inquired, "I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak only once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "For the sake of those ten I won't destroy it."
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; a righteous person rushes to it and is lifted up above the danger.
Therefore the wicked will not escape judgment, nor will sinners have a place in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.
Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked people. For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
To the upright, the way of the LORD is a place of safety, but it's a place of ruin to those who practice evil.
The righteous person is delivered from trouble; it comes upon the wicked instead.
The LORD won't cause the righteous to hunger, but he will reject what the wicked crave.
I once was young and now I am old, but I have not seen a righteous person forsaken or his descendants begging for bread.
A righteous person eats to his heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked remains hungry.
Indeed, you will bless the righteous one, LORD, like a large shield, you will surround him with favor. To the Director: With stringed instruments. On an eight-stringed harp. A Davidic Psalm
He won't stop looking at righteous people; he seats them on thrones with kings forever, and they are exalted.
The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Blessings come upon the head of the righteous, but the words of the wicked conceal violence. The reputation of the righteous leads to blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
For the Lord watches the righteous, and he pays attention to their prayers. But the Lord opposes those who do wrong."
The LORD hears those who cry out, and he delivers them from all their distress.
"Notice their arrogance they have no inward uprightness but the righteous will live by their faith.
For in the gospel God's righteousness is being revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The righteous will live by faith."
Now it is obvious that no one is justified in the sight of God by the Law, because "The righteous will live by faith."
but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."
A person doesn't gain security by wickedness, but the righteous won't be uprooted.
The righteous will never be overthrown, but the wicked will never inhabit the land.
The person who trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.
After they're overthrown, the wicked won't be found, but the house of the righteous stands firm.
But when the righteous person abandons his righteous deeds and commits evil, detestable practices, as wicked people do, he won't live, will he? None of the righteous acts that he had done will be remembered. He'll die in his treacherous unfaithfulness and sins that he had committed."
You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.
You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous.
For evil's scepter will not rest on the land that has been allotted to the righteous, and so the righteous will not direct themselves to do wrong.
"When a righteous man abandons his righteousness to practice unrighteousness, I'll set a stumbling block before him. He'll die. If you don't warn him, he'll die in his sin and the righteous deeds that he had practiced won't be remembered, but you'll be held responsible for his death.
"And now, Son of Man, say this to your people: "The righteousness of the righteous won't save them when they keep on committing crimes against me, the wickedness of the wicked won't keep them from remaining away when they're turning from their wickedness, and no righteous person will keep on living by their righteousness when they sin.' "If I tell the righteous person that he will certainly live, if he trusts in his own righteousness and commits evil, none of his righteousness will be remembered, and he will die because of the wrong that he commits.
The wicked person plots against the righteous, and grinds his teeth at him. But the Lord laughs at him because he sees that his day is coming!
Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life. Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
The LORD has exhausted his wrath, pouring out his fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion, consuming its foundations. None of the kings of the earth would have believed, nor the world's inhabitants, that the adversary and the enemy could have breached the gates of Jerusalem. Due to the sins committed by her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests who shed in her midst, the blood of the righteous,
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because they sold the righteous for money, and the poor for sandals, moving quickly to rub the face of the needy in the dirt. Corrupting the ways of the humble, a man and his father go to the same woman, deliberately defiling my holy name.
and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court
Therefore, the Law has become paralyzed, and justice never comes about. Because criminals outnumber the righteous, whenever judgments are issued, they come out crooked."
so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.
The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked. A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.
The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the LORD's Temple, they will flourish in the courtyard of our God. They will still bear fruit even in old age; they will be luxuriant and green.read more.
They will proclaim: "The LORD is upright; my rock, in whom there is no injustice."
The desire of the righteous is to seek good, but the hope of the wicked results in wrath.
Disaster pursues the sinful, but good will reward the righteous. A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the wealth of the wicked is reserved for the righteous.
The righteous house is itself a great treasure, but within the revenue of the wicked calamity is at work.
"Tell the righteous that things will go well, because they will enjoy the fruit of their actions."
"Also the righteous are perishing, but no one takes it to heart; devout people are taken away, while no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from calamity.
The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.
Then he told the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop inviting only your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return and you would be repaid. Instead, when you give a banquet, make it your habit to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. Then you will be blessed because they can't repay you. And you will be repaid when the righteous are resurrected."
from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring. But as for me, justified, I will behold your face; when I awake, your presence will satisfy me. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
"They'll be mine," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "in the day when I prepare my treasured possession. I'll spare them, just as a man spares his own son who serves him. When you return, you will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, and between the one who serves God and the one who does not."
However, I admit to you that in accordance with the Way, which they call a heresy, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe in everything written in the Law and the Prophets. I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish that there is to be a resurrection of the righteous and the wicked. Therefore, I always do my best to have a clear conscience before God and people.
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He won't stop looking at righteous people; he seats them on thrones with kings forever, and they are exalted.
