Bible Verses about 'Righteous'
- I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
- For he will never be shaken.
The righteous will be remembered forever. - Yahweh is righteous in all his ways,
and gracious in all his works. - I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart,
when I learn your righteous judgments. - Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but Yahweh delivers him out of them all. - 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. - Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous.
His ears listen to their cry. - The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back,
but the righteous give generously. - There are those who covet greedily all day long;
but the righteous give and don’t withhold. - All of your words are truth.
Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. - For you will bless the righteous.
Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield. - The prospect of the righteous is joy,
but the hope of the wicked will perish. - Yahweh’s name is a strong tower:
the righteous run to him, and are safe. - The memory of the righteous is blessed,
but the name of the wicked will rot. - With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge. - The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. - Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you.
He will never allow the righteous to be moved. - Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. - Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
- For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
- The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. - Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind.
Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down.
Yahweh loves the righteous. - Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
- But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver.
The heart of the wicked is of little worth. - 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.
- For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
- 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. - I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
- The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears,
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart,
and saves those who have a crushed spirit. - For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die. But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
- Who is wise, that he may understand these things?
Who is prudent, that he may know them?
For the ways of Yahweh are right,
and the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them. - Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King comes to you!
He is righteous, and having salvation;
lowly, and riding on a donkey,
even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you.
Yes, I will help you.
Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. - Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.
- But let justice roll on like rivers,
and righteousness like a mighty stream. - Hear my prayer, Yahweh.
Listen to my petitions.
In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. - It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all these commandments before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.
- We can’t reach the Almighty.
He is exalted in power.
In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress. - As knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine, according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
- The Rock: his work is perfect,
for all his ways are just.
A God of faithfulness who does no wrong,
just and right is he. - Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- He lays up sound wisdom for the upright.
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity. - Better is a little with righteousness,
than great revenues with injustice. - Open your mouth, judge righteously,
and serve justice to the poor and needy. - Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
but righteousness delivers from death. - Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
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