Righteousness (2/5)

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse… James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:8 sin purification repentance
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Psalm 34:19 suffering redeemer freedom

“No weapon that is formed against you will prevail;
and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants,
and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
Isaiah 54:17 judgment protection idols
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
James 5:16 healing prayer sickness
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
and serve justice to the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9 speaking giving widows
Learn to do well.
Seek justice.
Relieve the oppressed.
Defend the fatherless.
Plead for the widow.
Isaiah 1:17 neighbor widows orphans
Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you.
He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:22 reliability safety
But let justice roll on like rivers,
and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Amos 5:24 law
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
Romans 2:1 judgment neighbor
For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:17 faith salvation
Search me, God, and know my heart.
Try me, and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalm 139:23-24 eternal life holiness thoughts
Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
equity and every good path.
Proverbs 2:9 goodness honesty
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:10 kingdom persecution
He has shown you, O man, what is good.
What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly,
to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 law humility
Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Proverbs 14:34 sin
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears open to their prayer;
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
1 Peter 3:12 prayer listening evil
Better is a little with righteousness,
than great revenues with injustice.
Proverbs 16:8 money contentment honesty
All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11 peace children punishment
For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Romans 10:4 faith law
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14 law relationships light
But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction.
Romans 3:21-22 faith law prophecy
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
Proverbs 11:9 speaking wisdom gossip
Better is a little that the righteous has,
than the abundance of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but Yahweh upholds the righteous.
Psalm 37:16-17 sin money
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
Hebrews 6:10 work serving
He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.
Psalm 33:5 reliability love