'Righteous' in the Bible

The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

The tongue of the righteous man is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.

The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

The fear of a wicked man, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The hope of the righteous is joy; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

The righteous man shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

The mouth of a righteous man putteth forth wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

The lips of a righteous man know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Hand for hand! an evil man shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and the wise winneth souls.

Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.

A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Overthrow the wicked, and they are no more; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble.

There shall no evil happen to a righteous man; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.

A righteous man hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous man.

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.

The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous man.

The wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, even in his death.

In the house of a righteous man is much treasure; but in the revenue of a wicked man is disturbance.

The heart of a righteous man studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Jehovah is far from the wicked; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh aright.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.

To punish a righteous man is not good, nor to strike nobles because of their uprightness.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!

One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to their ruin.

It is joy to a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.

He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.

For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;

A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men conceal themselves.

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall sing and rejoice.

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.

When the wicked increase, transgression increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is of upright way is an abomination to the wicked man.

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

All this have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his days by his wickedness.

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; and there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

For all this I laid to my heart and indeed to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

All things come alike to all: one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!

From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in.

that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert the judgment of the righteous by futility.

He shall see of the fruit of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and he shall bear their iniquities.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil.

Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall possess the land for ever the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of thy judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

And thou, Jehovah of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow. My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

It is for the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her.

And when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

And if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall certainly live, for he hath taken warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.

Because with falsehood ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, to save his life:

Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they: they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice:

hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and practiseth what is wrong, and dieth for it; in his wrong that he hath done shall he die.

and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north;

And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.

When I say to the righteous that he shall certainly live, and he trusteth to his righteousness and doeth what is wrong, none of his righteous acts shall be remembered; but in his unrighteousness which he hath done, in it shall he die.

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein.

And Jehovah hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice.

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a man more righteous than he?

The righteous Jehovah is in the midst of her: he doeth no wrong. Every morning doth he bring his judgment to light; it faileth not: but the unrighteous knoweth no shame.

And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.