'Righteous' in the Bible

Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.

so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

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

Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

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

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, 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?

And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.

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

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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

Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.

Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

They said, "Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you."

Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live."

Although they fully know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

just as it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one,

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

For if Abraham was declared righteous by the works of the law, he has something to boast about -- but not before God.

But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.)

Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God's wrath.

Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.

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

so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.

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

Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day -- and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.

but of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord's face is against those who do evil.

And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)

But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,

If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.

not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed."

She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen" (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).

The evildoer must continue to do evil, and the one who is morally filthy must continue to be filthy. The one who is righteous must continue to act righteously, and the one who is holy must continue to be holy."