'Righteous' in the Bible

And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,

So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

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

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”

And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy listening to him.

They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

And a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man

Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

“O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me;

But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you.”

And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.

having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.”

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

as it is written,“There is none righteous, not even one;

For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “The righteous man shall live by faith.”

This is a plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering.

realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers

in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

But of the Son He says,“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.

But My righteous one shall live by faith;And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.

to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

“For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,And His ears attend to their prayer,But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

And if it is with difficulty that the righteous is saved, what will become of the godless man and the sinner?

and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men

(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.

Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

And they *sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,“Great and marvelous are Your works,O Lord God, the Almighty;Righteous and true are Your ways,King of the nations!

“Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name?For You alone are holy;For all the nations will come and worship before You,For Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “Righteous are You, who are and who were, O Holy One, because You judged these things;

And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”

because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on her.”

It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.”