'Right' in the Bible

He said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

You have no part or share in what we're saying, because your heart isn't right with God.

Indeed, whoever fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him in any nation.

"I was in the town of Joppa praying when in a trance I saw a vision: Something like a large linen sheet descended down from heaven, lowered by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

and said, "You're full of every form of deception and trickery, you son of the Devil, you enemy of all that is right! You'll never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord, will you?

but Paul did not think it was right to take along the man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and who had not gone with them into the work.

Right up to daybreak Paul kept urging all of them to eat something. He said, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, not eating anything.

They disagreed with one another as they were leaving, so Paul added this statement: "The Holy Spirit was so right when he spoke to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah!

Of course not! God is true, even if everyone else is a liar. As it is written, "You are right when you speak, and win your case when you go into court."

For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, the Messiah died for the ungodly.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.

So I find this to be a principle: when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.

Who is the one to condemn? It is the Messiah Jesus who is interceding on our behalf. He died, and more importantly, has been raised and is seated at the right hand of God.

A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump of clay.

That's right! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you remain only because of faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid!

Do not pay anyone back evil for evil, but focus your thoughts on what is right in the sight of all people.

For the authorities are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you like to live without being afraid of the authorities? Then do what is right, and you will receive their approval.

The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.

Therefore, in the Messiah Jesus I have the right to boast about my work for God.

Right now, however, I'm going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints,

We are hungry, thirsty, dressed in rags, brutally treated, and homeless, right up to the present.

But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block for those who are weak.

We have the right to earn our food, don't we?

We have the right to take a believing wife with us like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas, don't we?

If others enjoy this right over you, don't we have a stronger claim? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we tolerate everything in order not to put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of the Messiah.

Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but he was not inclined to do so just now. However, he will visit you when the time is right.

For he says, "At the right time I heard you, and on a day of salvation I helped you." Listen, now is really the "right time"! Now is the "day of salvation"!

truthful speech, and divine power; through the weapons of righteousness in the right and left hands;

We intend to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of people.

was snatched away to Paradise and heard things that cannot be expressed in words, things that no human being has a right even to mention.

We pray to God that you will not do anything wrong not to show that we have not failed the test, but so that you may do what is right, even if we seem to have failed.

So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Indeed, I wish I were with you right now so that I could change the tone of my voice, because I am completely baffled by you!

Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

which he brought about in the Messiah when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realm.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

Pray also for me, so that, when I begin to speak, the right words will come to me. Then I will boldly make known the secret of the gospel,

For it is only right for me to think this way about all of you, because you're constantly on my mind. Both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, all of you are partners with me in this privilege.

Therefore, if you have been raised with the Messiah, keep focusing on the things that are above, where the Messiah is seated at the right hand of God.

Brothers, at all times we are obligated to thank God for you. It is right to do this because your faith is growing all the time and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.

Certainly it is right for God to pay back those who afflict you with affliction,

It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

Brothers, do not get tired of doing what is right.

At the right time, he will make him known. God is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

At the right time he revealed his message through the proclamation that was entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest Majesty

But to which of the angels did he ever say, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?

For everyone who lives on milk is still a baby and does not yet know the difference between right and wrong.

Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we do have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven

since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.

But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, "he sat down at the right hand of God."

fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

We have an altar, and those who serve in the tent have no right to eat at it.

Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

Therefore, anyone who knows what is right but fails to do it is guilty of sin.

or to governors who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. "Never be afraid of their threats, and never get upset.

After all, if it is the will of God, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.

who has gone to heaven and is at the right hand of God, where angels, authorities, and powers have been made subject to him.

Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent,

In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force.

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last,

The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches."

"To the messenger of the church in Ephesus, write: "The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lamp stands, says this:

Then I saw in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the outside, sealed with seven seals.

He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.

He held a small, opened scroll in his hand. Setting his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,

Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.

The second beast forces all people important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads,

Let the one who does what is evil continue to do what is evil. Let the filthy person continue to be filthy. Let the righteous person continue to do what is right. And let the holy person continue to be holy."

"How blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city!