'Righteousness' in the Bible

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them.

But in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.

If we make it our habit to confess our sins, in his faithful righteousness he forgives us for those sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.

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

Little children, don't let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as the Messiah is righteous.

This is how God's children and the Devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.