'Righteous' in the Bible

But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man that was a murderer should be granted to you;

But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.