Righteousness (3/5)

Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between… 2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship is there between light and darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14 law relationships light
In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;
do not let me ever be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me.
Psalm 31:1 redeemer dependence

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32 truth speaking lying
For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.
Hebrews 6:10 work serving
Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
Matthew 9:13 mercy sacrifice repentance
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my whole being 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 with a garland,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:10 joy redeemer marriage
Do not envy the violent
and do not choose any of their ways;
for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence.
Proverbs 3:31-32 trust planning
He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24 sin healing body
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.
Zechariah 7:9-10 evil neighbor gentleness
The Lord is just in all his ways,
and kind in all his doings.
Psalm 145:17 reliability goodness faithfulness
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “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 supplications in your faithfulness;
answer me in your righteousness.
Psalm 143:1 reliability prayer faithfulness
Therefore, since we are 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 orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
Psalm 82:3 orphans neighbor weakness
But for you who revere 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
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up 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
Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4 sin law
For just 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
You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.
Matthew 5:14 evangelism life light
Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.”
Acts 10:34-35 obedience evangelism
I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Galatians 2:21 grace law Jesus
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly.
Proverbs 2:7 blessing protection blameless
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. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.
Luke 12:48 obedience punishment
If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right.
Deuteronomy 6:25 obedience law

Those who are wise understand these things;
those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.