'Righteousness' in the Bible
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
{A Psalm for Solomon.} Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;
When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Righteousness and justice are the foundationof Your throne;faithful love and truth go before You.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.
The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
He made known His ways [of righteousness and justice] to Moses,His acts to the children of Israel.
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,That He might make His [supreme] power known.
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging.
sustained through all eternity, and fashioned in both truth and righteousness.
Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of righteousness will go in through it.
I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
I have acted with justice and righteousness; do not abandon me to my oppressors.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.
Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
The sum of Thy word is truth, And to the age is every judgment of Thy righteousness!
Seven times in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
For the Lord will judge His peopleAnd He will have compassion on His servants [revealing His mercy].
{A Psalm of David.} Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
for receiving wise instructionin righteousness, justice, and integrity;
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,
By me rulers rule, and nobles--all judges of righteousness.
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
A fountain of life [is] a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.
Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness, a heart of wickedness is {of little worth}.
Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools {die for lack of sense}.
The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
A gracious and good woman attains honor,And ruthless men attain riches [but not respect].
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who captures souls [is] wise.
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.
The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
A heart of righteousness will ponder the answer, but a mouth of wickedness will pour out deceit.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
The delight of kings [are] the lips of righteousness, and he who speaks what is upright he will love.
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!
Loyalty and truth preserve the king,And he upholds his throne by righteousness.
To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
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