Bible Verses about 'Righteousness'
- Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness
will find life and honor too. - And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who are peacemakers.
- Righteousness is a sign of a nation’s greatness,
but sin degrades any people. - And when he comes,
he will prove the world wrong
about sin and righteousness and judgment. - Rather, let justice flow like a river,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. - The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is filled with his kindness. - Riches will be of no avail on the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death. - For light produces all goodness and righteousness and truth.
- In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me. - Then you will understand equity and justice
as well as righteousness—every good path. - The labors of the wicked man produce little profit,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. - But as for you, man of God, you must shun all this. Rather, pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, fortitude, and gentleness.
- Rather, seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
- O Lord, hear my prayer,
incline your ear to my supplications.
In your faithfulness respond to me
with your righteousness. - But now the righteousness of God that is attested by the Law and the Prophets has been manifested apart from law: the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. No distinction has been made.
- It is better to have little and be righteous
than to acquire great riches with injustice. - He made him who did not know sin to be sin for our sake, so that through him we might become the righteousness of God.
- In it the righteousness of God is revealed, beginning in faith and established in faith. As it is written: “The one who is righteous will live through faith.”
- Treasures obtained by wicked means profit nothing,
but a righteous life brings delivery from death. - For Christ is the fulfillment of the Law for the justification of all who believe.
- Do not associate with unbelievers. For what basis can there be for a partnership between righteousness and lawlessness? What do light and darkness have in common?
- Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice,
for they will have their fill. - Turn away from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart.
- He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live in righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
- But the Almighty we cannot find;
he is unequaled in power and judgment,
and in his righteousness he will not violate justice. - If we are diligent in observing all of these commandments before the Lord, our God, as he commanded of us, then this will be our righteousness.
- Hence, as sin’s reign resulted in death, so the grace of God also might reign through righteousness resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- The one who provides seed for sowing and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- Blessed are those who are persecuted in the cause of justice,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - Seek the Lord,
all you humble of the land
who obey his commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
then perhaps you may find shelter
on the day of the Lord’s anger. - But for you who fear my name
the sun of justice will arise
with its healing rays.
You will emerge leaping
like calves released from the stall. - To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. - I do not set aside the grace of God, for if justification comes through the Law, then Christ died for nothing.
- Commit your way to the Lord;
place your trust in him, and he will act.
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
and the justice of your cause, like the noonday. - Nor should you present any part of your body as an instrument for wickedness leading to sin. Rather, present yourselves to God as having been raised from death to life and the parts of your body to God as instruments for righteousness.
- I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. Now waiting for me is the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day—and not only to me, but to all those who have eagerly longed for his appearance.
- But from everlasting to everlasting
the kindness of the Lord is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children,
with those who keep his covenant
and diligently observe his commandments. - At the time that discipline is received, it always seems painful rather than pleasant, but afterward it yields a harvest of peace and uprightness to those who have been trained by it.
- Stand firm, then, with the belt of truth fastened around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness clothing you, and with your feet shod in zeal to proclaim the gospel of peace. In all circumstances, hold in your hand the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
- Yet even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are thereby blessed. Have no fear of others, and refuse to be intimidated by them.
- My soul longs for you throughout the night,
and my spirit within me seeks your presence.
For when your judgments are revealed to the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn to practice justice. - Not because of any righteous deeds on our part
but because of his mercy,
he saved us through the bath of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit. - I rejoice in the Lord with all my heart;
my soul exults in my God.
For he has clothed me in garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of saving justice,
like a bridegroom adorned with a garland
or a bride bedecked with her jewels. - I have instructed you in the ways of wisdom
and led you along the paths of righteousness. - For one believes in the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.
- All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in uprightness, so that the man of God may be proficient and equipped for good work of every kind.
- Then Peter addressed them: “I now understand how true it is that God has no favorites, but that in every nation all those who fear God and do what is right are acceptable to him.”
- Come to your senses and sin no more. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
- The one who leads a blameless life
and does what is right,
who speaks the truth from the heart
and does not slander anyone,
who does not harm a friend
and does not scorn a neighbor. - No weapon used against you will prevail,
and you will refute every accusation
that is raised in court against you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
their vindication from me, says the Lord.
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