Righteousness (3/5)

Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of… Psalm 37:16-17

Better is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.
Psalm 37:16-17 sin money
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
Hebrews 6:10 work serving

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me!
Psalm 31:1 redeemer dependence
Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Matthew 9:13 mercy sacrifice repentance
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32 truth speaking lying
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
my soul shall exult in my God,
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:10 joy redeemer marriage
Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,
for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence.
Proverbs 3:31-32 trust planning
Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.
Zechariah 7:9-10 evil neighbor gentleness
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24 sin healing body
The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and kind in all his works.
Psalm 145:17 reliability goodness faithfulness
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
1 Corinthians 6:12 addiction desires life
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Psalm 143:1 reliability prayer faithfulness
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:1 faith peace
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Psalm 82:3 orphans neighbor weakness
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.
Isaiah 30:18 grace patience compassion
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:14 evangelism life light
For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
Romans 5:19 obedience salvation
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
Malachi 4:2 joy healing awe
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4 sin law
And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.
Deuteronomy 6:25 obedience law
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Galatians 2:21 grace law Jesus
My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9 judgment learning
But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
Luke 12:48 obedience punishment
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.
Hosea 14:9 wisdom understanding
Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
He leads the humble in what is right,
and teaches the humble his way.
Psalm 25:8-9 humility learning

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.