 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. - Genesis 15:6 |
| And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. - Deuteronomy 6:25 |
| I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. - Job 29:14 |
| He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. - Job 33:26 |
| Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. - Psalms 1:1,2 |
| For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. - Psalms 11:7 |
| He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. - Psalms 15:2 |
| He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. - Psalms 24:5 |
| The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. - Psalms 34:15 |
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| The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. - Psalms 92:12 |
| Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. - Psalms 106:3 |
| Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. - Psalms 112:4 |
| Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. - Psalms 112:6 |
| He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. - Proverbs 2:7 |
| Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. - Proverbs 2:9 |
| That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. - Proverbs 2:20 |
| The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. - Proverbs 3:33 |
| The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. - Proverbs 4:18 |
| Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. - Proverbs 10:2 |
| The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. - Proverbs 10:30 |
| The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. - Proverbs 11:5 |
| The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. - Proverbs 11:6 |
| As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. - Proverbs 11:19 |
| The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. - Proverbs 11:30 |
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| In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death. - Proverbs 12:28 |
| Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. - Proverbs 13:6 |
| Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34 |
| The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. - Proverbs 29:7 |
| Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. - Isaiah 28:17 |
| Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. - Isaiah 32:16,17 |
| He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; - Isaiah 33:15 |
| Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. - Isaiah 58:8 |
| For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. - Isaiah 62:1 |
| And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. - Daniel 12:3 |
| Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. - Hosea 10:12 |
| But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. - Malachi 4:2 |
| Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. - Matthew 5:6 |
| For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. - Matthew 5:20 |
| But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. - Matthew 6:33 |
| He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. - Matthew 10:41 |
| For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. - Romans 4:3 |
| But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. - Romans 4:5 |
| Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. - Romans 4:9 |
| And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: - Romans 4:11 |
| For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. - Romans 4:13 |
| For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. - Romans 5:19 |
| I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. - Romans 6:19 |
| For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. - Romans 6:20 |
| That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. - Romans 8:4 |
| For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. - Romans 14:17 |
| For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. - 2 Corinthians 5:21 |
| (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) - Ephesians 5:9 |
| And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. - Philippians 1:9-11 |
| Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: - 2 Thessalonians 1:5 |
| Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. - 2 Timothy 2:22 |
| Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. - 2 Timothy 4:8 |
| Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; - Titus 2:12 |
| Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. - Hebrews 12:11 |
| And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. - James 2:23 |
| And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. - James 3:18 |
| But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; - 1 Peter 3:14 |
| If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. - 1 John 2:29 |
| Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. - 1 John 3:7 |
| In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. - 1 John 3:10 |
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