'Righteous' in the Bible
"Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?
if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.
I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered -- a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?
The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.
So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One,
If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?
He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.
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