'Right' in the Bible

Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment,Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.

Offer righteous sacrifices;Trust [confidently] in the Lord.

O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies;Make Your way straight (direct, right) before me.

For You, O Lord, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];You surround him with favor as with a shield.

The Lord judges the peoples;Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.

For You have maintained my right and my cause;You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.

The [spiritually ignorant] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”They are corrupt, they have committed repulsive and unspeakable deeds;There is no one who does good.

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;There is no one who does good, not even one.

There they tremble with great fear,For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.

I have set the Lord continually before me;Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

You will show me the path of life;In Your presence is fullness of joy;In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Hear the just (righteous) cause, O Lord; listen to my loud [piercing] cry;Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.

Wondrously show Your [marvelous and amazing] lovingkindness,O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right handFrom those who rise up against them.

As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness;I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.

Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity),According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,And Your right hand upholds and sustains me;Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.

The precepts of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart;The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;He will answer him from His holy heavenWith the saving strength of His right hand.

Your hand will reach out and defeat all your enemies;Your right hand will reach those who hate you.

He refreshes and restores my soul (life);He leads me in the paths of righteousnessfor His name’s sake.

Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed;Those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embarrassed).

He leads the humble in justice,And He teaches the humble His way.

In whose hands is a wicked scheme,And whose right hand is full of bribes.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous [who actively seek right standing with Him];Shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart—those with moral integrity and godly character].

For the word of the Lord is right;And all His work is done in faithfulness.

The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.

Do not worry because of evildoers,Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light,And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].

The wicked plots against the righteousAnd gnashes at him with his teeth.

I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],As You know, O Lord.

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,Nor did their own arm save them,But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,Because You favored and delighted in them.

And in Your majesty ride on triumphantlyFor the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.

You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;Therefore God, your God, has anointed YouAbove Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;God will help her when the morning dawns.

As is Your name, O God,So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).

But to the wicked God says:“What right have you to recite My statutesOr to take My covenant on your lips?

Create in me a clean heart, O God,And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.

Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

You love evil more than good,And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

Awake, my glory!Awake, harp and lyre!I will awaken the dawn.

That Your beloved ones may be rescued,Save with Your right hand and answer us.

My soul [my life, my very self] clings to You;Your right hand upholds me.

May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

Nevertheless I am continually with You;You have taken hold of my right hand.

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]?Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them!

And I said, “This is my grief,That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”

For their heart was not steadfast toward Him,Nor were they faithful to His covenant.

So He brought them to His holy land,To this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired.

Even the stock which Your right hand has planted,And [look down on] the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,Upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.

I will hear [with expectant hope] what God the Lord will say,For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones—But let them not turn again to folly.

You have a strong arm;Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.

“I will also set his hand on the [Mediterranean] sea,And his right hand on the rivers [the tributaries of the Euphrates].

You have exalted the right hand of his foes;You have made all his enemies rejoice.

A thousand may fall at your sideAnd ten thousand at your right hand,But danger will not come near you.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones [those whose moral and spiritual integrity places them in right standing with God],And praise and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

O sing to the Lord a new song,For He has done marvelous and wonderful things;His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];It will not grasp hold of me.

Blessed are those who observe justice [by honoring God’s precepts],Who practice righteousness at all times.

And that was credited to him for righteousness,To all generations forever.

He led them by the straight way,To an inhabited city [where they could establish their homes].

That Your beloved [ones] may be rescued,Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

Appoint a wicked man against him,And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him].

For He will stand at the right hand of the needy,To save him from those who judge his soul.

The Lord (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son),“Sit at My right handUntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].”

The Lord is at Your right hand,He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

The works of His hands are truth and [absolute] justice;All His precepts are sure (established, reliable, trustworthy).

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God).

He will never be shaken;The righteous will be remembered forever.

He has given freely to the poor;His righteousness endures forever;His horn will be exalted in honor.

The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous:The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

The right hand of the Lord is exalted;The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

The Lord is God, and He has given us light [illuminating us with His grace and freedom and joy].Bind the festival sacrifices with cords to the horns of the altar.

Teach me good judgment (discernment) and knowledge,For I have believed and trusted and relied on Your commandments.

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are fair,And that in faithfulness You have disciplined me.

Therefore I esteem as right all Your precepts concerning everything;I hate every false way.

The Lord is your keeper;The Lord is your shade on your right hand.

Do good, O Lord, to those who are goodAnd to those who are upright in their hearts.

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living),And let Your godly ones shout for joy.

If I forget you, O Jerusalem,Let my right hand forget [her skill with the harp].

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,And Your right hand will save me.

Even there Your hand will lead me,And Your right hand will take hold of me.

I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;Wonderful are Your works,And my soul knows it very well.

Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;No one cares about my life.

Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;The Lord loves the righteous [the upright in heart].