'Righteous' in the Bible

Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.

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.

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

I tell all of you with certainty, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them."

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Let the person who has ears listen!"

That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

As a result, you will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Berechiah's son Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

"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?

These people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life."

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."