Deut 33:21 – He chose the best of the land for himself, for there a commander's portion was reserved; and he came with the heads of the people, with Israel he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments for Israel."
Job 35:2 – "Do you think this to be just? Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
Ps 5:8 – Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.
Ps 7:17 – I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.
Ps 31:1 – In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!
Ps 35:28 – Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
Ps 36:6 – Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD.
Ps 40:10 – I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
Ps 50:6 – The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
Ps 51:14 – Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
Ps 71:2 – In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!
Ps 71:15 – My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
Ps 71:16 – With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.
Ps 71:19 – Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?
Ps 71:24 – And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
Ps 88:12 – Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Ps 89:16 – who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
Ps 97:6 – The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
Ps 103:17 – But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
Ps 111:3 – Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever.
Ps 112:3 – Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Ps 112:9 – He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Ps 119:40 – Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life! Waw
Ps 119:142 – Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
Ps 119:144 – Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
Ps 143:1 – Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Ps 143:11 – For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
Ps 145:7 – They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
Isa 46:13 – I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory."
Isa 51:5 – My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.
Isa 51:6 – Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
Isa 51:8 – For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
Isa 56:1 – Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
Isa 62:1 – For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
Dan 9:16 – "O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are around us.
Mic 7:9 – I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Mt 6:33 – But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Rom 1:17 – For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
Rom 3:5 – But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
Rom 3:21 – But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it–
Rom 3:22 – the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 3:25 – whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 10:3 – For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
2 Cor 5:21 – For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Jas 1:20 – for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires.
2 Pet 1:1 – Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
Men’s righteousness
Gen 15:6 – And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Gen 30:33 – So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen."
Deut 6:25 – 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.'
Deut 9:4 – "Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land,' whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out before you.
Deut 9:5 – Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Deut 9:6 – "Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
Deut 24:13 – You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
1 Sam 26:23 – The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
2 Sam 22:21 – "The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
2 Sam 22:25 – And the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.
1 Kgs 8:32 – then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
2 Chr 6:23 – then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
Job 27:6 – I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
Job 35:2 – "Do you think this to be just? Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
Job 35:8 – Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.
Ps 7:8 – The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Ps 18:20 – The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Ps 18:24 – So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Ps 37:6 – He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Ps 106:31 – And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
Ps 112:3 – Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Ps 112:9 – He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Prov 11:5 – The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
Prov 11:6 – The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
Isa 5:23 – who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isa 48:18 – Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
Isa 54:17 – no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD."
Isa 57:12 – I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.
Isa 58:8 – Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Isa 62:2 – The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
Jer 23:6 – In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Jer 33:16 – In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Jer 51:10 – The LORD has brought about our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
Ezek 3:20 – Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezek 14:14 – even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 14:20 – even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.
Ezek 18:22 – None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.
Ezek 33:12 – "And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
Ezek 33:13 – Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.
Ezek 33:18 – When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it.
Dan 9:18 – O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
Mic 7:9 – I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Zeph 3:5 – The LORD within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
Mt 5:20 – For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Rom 4:3 – For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 4:5 – And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Rom 4:9 – Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Rom 4:13 – For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Rom 4:22 – That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 10:3 – For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
2 Cor 9:9 – As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."
Gal 3:6 – just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?
Jas 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"–and he was called a friend of God.
Rev 19:8 – it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"–for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
According to its basis
Righteousness from faith
Gen 15:6 – And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Acts 13:39 – from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
Rom 1:17 – For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
Rom 3:22 – the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 3:25 – whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 3:28 – For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Rom 3:30 – since God is one. He will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Rom 4:3 – For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 4:5 – And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Rom 4:9 – Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Rom 4:11 – He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
Rom 4:13 – For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Rom 5:1 – Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 9:30 – What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;
Rom 10:4 – For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Rom 10:6 – But the righteousness based on faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down)
Rom 10:10 – For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Gal 2:16 – 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.
Gal 3:6 – just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?
Gal 3:8 – And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
Gal 3:11 – Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."
Gal 3:24 – So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Phil 3:9 – and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith–
Heb 11:4 – By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
Heb 11:7 – By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Heb 11:33 – who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Jas 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"–and he was called a friend of God.
Righteousness from the law
Rom 8:4 – in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Rom 9:31 – but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
Rom 10:5 – For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
Phil 3:6 – as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness, under the law blameless.
Phil 3:9 – and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith–
Heb 9:1 – Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.
Heb 9:10 – but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.
Tit 3:5 – he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Who and what are righteous
God
God Himself
Ex 9:27 – Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, "This time I have sinned; the LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
Deut 32:4 – "The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
2 Chr 12:6 – Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."
Ezra 9:15 – O LORD the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."
Neh 9:8 – You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.
Neh 9:33 – Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.
Job 34:17 – Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
Ps 7:9 – Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous–you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
Ps 7:11 – God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.
Ps 11:7 – For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
Ps 116:5 – Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.
Ps 119:137 – Righteous are you, O LORD, and right are your rules.
Ps 129:4 – The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
Ps 145:17 – The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
Isa 41:26 – Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, "He is right"? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.
Isa 42:6 – "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
Isa 42:21 – The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.
Isa 45:21 – Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
Jer 12:1 – Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Jer 50:7 – All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
Lam 1:18 – "The LORD is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples, and see my suffering; my young women and my young men have gone into captivity.
Dan 9:7 – To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.
Dan 9:14 – Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
Zeph 3:5 – The LORD within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
Lk 18:8 – I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Jn 17:25 – O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
2 Thess 1:6 – since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
1 Jn 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
God’s words/laws/statutes/judgments
Deut 4:8 – And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?
Ps 19:9 – the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.
Ps 119:7 – I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
Ps 119:62 – At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
Ps 119:75 – I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Ps 119:106 – I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.
Ps 119:123 – My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
Ps 119:137 – Righteous are you, O LORD, and right are your rules.
Ps 119:138 – You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.
Ps 119:142 – Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
Ps 119:144 – Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
Ps 119:160 – The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. Sin and Shin
Ps 119:164 – Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.
Ps 119:172 – My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
Isa 45:19 – I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right.
Hos 14:9 – 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.
Christ
Isa 11:5 – Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Isa 53:11 – Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Jer 23:5 – "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Zech 9:9 – Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Jn 5:30 – "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
Acts 3:14 – But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Acts 7:52 – Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
Acts 22:14 – And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth;
1 Cor 1:30 – He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
1 Jn 2:1 – My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1 Jn 2:29 – If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
1 Jn 3:7 – Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
God’s judgment
2 Tim 4:8 – Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
1 Pet 2:23 – When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
Rev 15:3 – And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
Rev 16:5 – And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, "Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.
Rev 16:7 – And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!"
Rev 19:2 – for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants."
God’s kingdom
Isa 9:7 – Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Rom 14:17 – For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Men
Righteous men
Gen 6:9 – These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
Gen 7:1 – Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Gen 18:23 – Then Abraham drew near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Gen 18:24 – Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?
Gen 18:25 – Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?"
Gen 18:26 – And the LORD said, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
Gen 18:28 – Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."
Gen 20:4 – Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, "Lord, will you kill an innocent people?
Ex 23:7 – Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Ex 23:8 – And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Deut 16:19 – You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Deut 25:1 – "If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
1 Sam 24:17 – He said to David, "You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.
2 Sam 4:11 – How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?"
2 Sam 23:3 – The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,
1 Kgs 2:32 – The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
1 Kgs 8:32 – then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
2 Kgs 10:9 – Then in the morning, when he went out, he stood and said to all the people, "You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who struck down all these?
2 Chr 6:23 – then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
2 Chr 6:23 – then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
Job 12:4 – I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
Job 17:9 – Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
Job 22:19 – The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent one mocks at them,
Job 27:17 – he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
Job 32:1 – So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 36:7 – He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
Ps 1:5 – Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
Ps 1:6 – for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Ps 5:12 – For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.
Ps 7:9 – Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous–you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
Ps 11:3 – if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
Ps 11:5 – The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Ps 14:5 – There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
Ps 31:18 – Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Ps 32:11 – Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
Ps 33:1 – Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
Ps 34:15 – The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
Ps 34:19 – Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
Ps 34:21 – Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
Ps 37:12 – The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him,
Ps 37:16 – Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
Ps 37:17 – For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Ps 37:21 – The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;
Ps 37:25 – I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.
Ps 37:29 – The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.
Ps 37:30 – The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Ps 37:32 – The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.
Ps 37:39 – The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
Ps 52:6 – The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
Ps 55:22 – Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Ps 58:10 – The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Ps 58:11 – Mankind will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth."
Ps 64:10 – Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!
Ps 68:3 – But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
Ps 69:28 – Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
Ps 72:7 – In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
Ps 75:10 – All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Ps 92:12 – The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Ps 94:21 – They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Ps 97:11 – Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Ps 97:12 – Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!
Ps 112:6 – For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.
Ps 118:15 – Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,
Ps 118:20 – This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
Ps 125:3 – For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.
Ps 140:13 – Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.
Ps 141:5 – Let a righteous man strike me–it is a kindness; let him rebuke me–it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
Ps 142:7 – Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.
Ps 146:8 – the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.
Prov 2:20 – So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Prov 3:33 – The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Prov 4:18 – But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
Prov 9:9 – Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Prov 10:3 – The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
Prov 10:6 – Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Prov 10:7 – The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Prov 10:11 – The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Prov 10:16 – The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
Prov 10:20 – The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Prov 10:21 – The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
Prov 10:24 – What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Prov 10:25 – When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.
Prov 10:28 – The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
Prov 10:30 – The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
Prov 10:31 – The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Prov 10:32 – The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
Prov 11:8 – The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.
Prov 11:9 – With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Prov 11:10 – When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.
Prov 11:21 – Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
Prov 11:23 – The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
Prov 11:28 – Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
Prov 11:30 – The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.
Prov 11:31 – If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Prov 12:3 – No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
Prov 12:5 – The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Prov 12:7 – The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
Prov 12:10 – Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
Prov 12:12 – Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.
Prov 12:13 – An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
Prov 12:21 – No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
Prov 12:26 – One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Prov 13:5 – The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
Prov 13:9 – The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Prov 13:21 – Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.
Prov 13:22 – A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Prov 13:25 – The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
Prov 14:19 – The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Prov 14:32 – The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
Prov 15:6 – In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.
Prov 15:28 – The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Prov 15:29 – The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Prov 17:15 – He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Prov 17:26 – To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Prov 18:5 – It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
Prov 18:10 – The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Prov 18:17 – The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
Prov 20:7 – The righteous who walks in his integrity–blessed are his children after him!
Prov 21:12 – The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
Prov 21:15 – When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Prov 21:18 – The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
Prov 21:26 – All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Prov 23:24 – The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
Prov 24:15 – Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;
Prov 24:16 – for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
Prov 24:24 – Whoever says to the wicked, "You are in the right," will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
Prov 25:26 – Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Prov 28:1 – The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Prov 28:12 – When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.
Prov 28:28 – When the wicked rise, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Prov 29:2 – When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Prov 29:6 – An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
Prov 29:7 – A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
Prov 29:16 – When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
Prov 29:27 – An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
Eccl 3:17 – I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.
Eccl 7:15 – In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.
Eccl 7:16 – Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Eccl 7:20 – Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Eccl 8:14 – There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
Eccl 9:1 – But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.
Eccl 9:2 – It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.
Isa 3:10 – Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Isa 5:23 – who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isa 24:16 – From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One. But I say, "I waste away, I waste away. Woe is me! For the traitors have betrayed, with betrayal the traitors have betrayed."
Isa 26:2 – Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
Isa 26:7 – The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
Isa 29:21 – who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
Isa 57:1 – The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
Isa 60:21 – Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
Jer 20:12 – O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
Lam 4:13 – This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
Ezek 3:20 – Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezek 3:21 – But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul."
Ezek 13:22 – Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
Ezek 18:5 – "If a man is righteous and does what is just and right–
Ezek 18:9 – walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully–he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 18:20 – The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
Ezek 18:24 – But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
Ezek 18:26 – When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die.
Ezek 21:3 – and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.
Ezek 21:4 – Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.
Ezek 23:45 – But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands."
Ezek 33:12 – "And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
Ezek 33:13 – Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.
Ezek 33:18 – When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it.
Rom 1:17 – For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
1 Jn 3:7 – Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
Hos 14:9 – 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.
Amos 2:6 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals–
Amos 5:12 – For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins–you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Hab 1:4 – So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
Hab 1:13 – You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and are silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
Hab 2:4 – "Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.
Mal 3:18 – Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
Mt 1:19 – And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
Mt 5:45 – so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Mt 9:13 – Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mt 10:41 – The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
Mt 13:17 – Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
Mt 13:43 – Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Mt 13:49 – So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous
Mt 23:28 – So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Mt 23:29 – "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Mt 23:35 – so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
Mt 25:37 – Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
Mt 25:46 – And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Mt 27:19 – Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream."
Mk 2:17 – And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mk 6:20 – for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
Lk 1:6 – And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
Lk 1:17 – and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."
Lk 2:25 – Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Lk 5:32 – I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
Lk 14:14 – and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
Lk 15:7 – Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Lk 18:9 – He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
Lk 20:20 – So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
Lk 23:47 – Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent!"
Lk 23:50 – Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
Acts 10:22 – And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say."
Acts 24:15 – having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
Rom 1:17 – For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
Rom 2:13 – For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
Rom 3:10 – as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 5:7 – For one will scarcely die for a righteous person–though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die–
Rom 5:19 – 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.
1 Tim 1:9 – understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
Heb 10:38 – but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
Heb 12:23 – and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Jas 5:6 – You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.
Jas 5:16 – Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
1 Pet 3:12 – For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
1 Pet 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
1 Pet 4:18 – And "If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"
2 Pet 2:7 – and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
2 Pet 2:8 – (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
1 Jn 3:7 – Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
1 Jn 3:12 – We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
Rev 22:11 – Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy."
City of righteousness
Isa 1:21 – How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Isa 1:26 – And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."
Jer 31:23 – Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes: "'The LORD bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O holy hill!'
Dan 9:24 – "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Priest
Ps 132:9 – Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.
Actions
Of fairness
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Deut 25:15 – A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Job 29:14 – I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
Ps 99:4 – The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Ps 106:3 – Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
Ps 119:121 – I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
Prov 1:3 – to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
Prov 2:9 – Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Prov 8:20 – I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,
Prov 21:3 – To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Isa 5:7 – For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
Isa 5:16 – But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
Isa 9:7 – Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Isa 16:5 – then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."
Isa 32:1 – Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
Isa 56:1 – Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
Jer 4:2 – and if you swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."
Jer 9:24 – but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD."
Jer 21:12 – O house of David! Thus says the LORD: "'Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil deeds.'"
Jer 22:3 – Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
Jer 22:15 – Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
Ezek 45:9 – "Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord GOD.
Jn 7:24 – Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
Col 4:1 – Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Tit 1:8 – but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
Of justice
Job 33:12 – "Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
Job 33:32 – If you have any words, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
Ezek 18:5 – "If a man is righteous and does what is just and right–
Ezek 18:19 – "Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
Ezek 18:21 – "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezek 18:27 – Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
Ezek 33:14 – Again, though I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' yet if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right,
Ezek 33:16 – None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.
Ezek 33:19 – And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by them.
Joel 2:23 – "Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
Mt 3:15 – But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented.
Mt 20:4 – and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.'
Lk 12:57 – "And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
Lk 23:41 – And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong."
Acts 4:19 – But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,
Eph 6:1 – Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Phil 1:7 – It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
2 Pet 1:13 – I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder,
Of right judgment
Deut 1:16 – And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.
Deut 16:18 – "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Lev 19:15 – "You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
2 Sam 19:28 – For all my father's house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?"
Who has/does righteousness
God
God Himself
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Christ
Ps 37:6 – He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Ps 72:2 – May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
Isa 9:7 – Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Isa 11:4 – but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Isa 11:5 – Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Isa 16:5 – then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."
Isa 28:17 – And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."
Isa 32:1 – Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
Isa 42:6 – "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
Isa 59:17 – He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.
Isa 63:1 – Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save."
Jer 23:5 – "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jer 33:15 – In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Lk 23:47 – Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent!"
Jn 5:30 – "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
Acts 17:31 – because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
Acts 22:14 – And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth;
1 Jn 2:1 – My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1 Jn 2:29 – If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
1 Jn 3:7 – Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
Rev 15:3 – And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
Rev 19:2 – for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants."
Men and women
Abraham
Gen 15:6 – And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Gen 18:19 – For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him."
Rom 4:2 – For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
Rom 4:3 – For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 4:9 – Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Rom 4:13 – For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Rom 4:22 – That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness."
Gal 3:6 – just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?
Heb 7:2 – and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
Jas 2:21 – Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
Jas 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"–and he was called a friend of God.
David
1 Sam 24:17 – He said to David, "You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.
1 Sam 26:23 – The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
2 Sam 8:15 – So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.
2 Sam 22:21 – "The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
2 Sam 22:25 – And the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.
1 Kgs 3:6 – And Solomon said, "You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.
1 Kgs 10:9 – Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD loved Israel forever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness."
1 Chr 18:14 – So David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and equity to all his people.
Noah
Gen 6:9 – These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
Gen 7:1 – Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Heb 11:7 – By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Abel
Mt 23:35 – so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
Heb 11:4 – By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
1 Jn 3:12 – We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
Abimelech
Gen 20:4 – Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, "Lord, will you kill an innocent people?
Solomon
2 Chr 9:8 – Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the LORD your God! Because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness."
Josiah
Jer 22:16 – He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the LORD.
Job
Job 29:14 – I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
Joseph (Mary’s husband)
Mt 1:19 – And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
Zacharias and Elizabeth
Lk 1:6 – And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
Joseph (member of the council)
Lk 23:50 – Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
Melchizedek
Heb 7:2 – and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
Rahab
Jas 2:25 – And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
Lot
2 Pet 2:7 – and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
Other
Ex 18:21 – Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
Deut 25:1 – "If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
Prov 8:15 – By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;
Prov 11:5 – The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
Prov 11:6 – The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
Prov 16:12 – It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.
Prov 16:13 – Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.
Prov 20:8 – A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
Lk 18:3 – And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
Lk 18:5 – yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'"
Phil 4:8 – Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
1 Thess 2:10 – You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.
1 Pet 2:14 – or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
Rev 19:8 – it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"–for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
Wisdom
Prov 2:20 – So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Prov 8:8 – All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
Prov 8:18 – Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.
Prov 8:20 – I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,
Mt 11:19 – The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."
Lk 7:35 – Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."
Angels
2 Cor 11:15 – So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
New heaven and new earth
2 Pet 3:13 – But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Who does not have righteousness
Judges
Ezek 18:24 – But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
Eccl 3:16 – Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
Eccl 5:8 – If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
Isa 5:23 – who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isa 10:2 – to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Jer 5:28 – they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Wicked men
2 Sam 4:11 – How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?"
Isa 26:10 – If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.
Ezek 18:21 – "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezek 18:27 – Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
Ezek 33:12 – "And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
Kings
Ezek 45:9 – "Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord GOD.
Dan 4:27 – Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity."
Scribes and Pharisees
Mt 5:20 – For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 23:29 – "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Joab
1 Kgs 2:32 – The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
Prophets and priests
Lam 4:13 – This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
Ways to obtain righteousness
Seek God’s salvation and vengeance
1 Sam 24:15 – May the LORD therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand."
1 Kgs 8:32 – then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
2 Chr 6:23 – then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
Ps 17:1 – Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
Ps 31:1 – In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!
Ps 35:24 – Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!
Ps 37:6 – He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Ps 54:1 – O God, save me, by your name, and vindicate me by your might.
Ps 65:5 – By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;
Ps 69:28 – Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
Ps 71:2 – In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!
Ps 74:21 – Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name.
Ps 140:12 – I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.
Ps 142:7 – Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.
Lk 18:7 – And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
Rom 12:19 – Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
Rev 6:10 – They cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
Wait for God
Job 35:14 – How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
Ps 7:8 – The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Ps 18:20 – The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Ps 18:24 – So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Isa 51:5 – My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.
Isa 62:1 – For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Mic 7:9 – I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Gal 5:5 – For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
2 Cor 10:6 – being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
2 Pet 3:13 – But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Rev 6:10 – They cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
Remove wickedness
Prov 25:5 – take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Isa 51:1 – "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Ezek 45:9 – "Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord GOD.
Dan 9:18 – O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
Mic 6:5 – O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the LORD."
Lk 5:32 – I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
Lk 15:7 – Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
1 Cor 15:34 – Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Heb 12:11 – For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Tit 2:12 – training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
1 Jn 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Follow God’s commands
Deut 6:25 – 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.'
Deut 24:13 – You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
Deut 33:21 – He chose the best of the land for himself, for there a commander's portion was reserved; and he came with the heads of the people, with Israel he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments for Israel."
Isa 58:2 – Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Ezek 18:19 – "Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
Zeph 2:3 – Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.
Heb 11:7 – By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Seek after a judge
Deut 17:8 – "If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the LORD your God will choose.
Deut 25:1 – "If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
Lk 18:3 – And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
Lk 18:5 – yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'"
Acts 7:24 – And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.
2 Cor 10:6 – being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
Learn from God’s words
Ps 119:7 – I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
Isa 26:9 – 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.
2 Tim 3:16 – All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Heb 5:13 – for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.
Heb 12:11 – For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Gain wisdom
Prov 1:3 – to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
Prov 2:9 – Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Prov 2:20 – So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Prov 8:15 – By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;
Speak the truth
Prov 12:17 – Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.
Prov 16:13 – Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.
Be justified by God
(See <topic id=”651” startswith=”Reasons men are justified by God” nth=”1”>Justification > Reasons men are justified by God</topic>）
Actions of righteousness
Follow the law
Have a fair judgment
Ex 23:7 – Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Ex 23:8 – And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Lev 19:15 – "You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
Deut 1:16 – And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.
Deut 16:18 – "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deut 16:19 – You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Deut 33:21 – He chose the best of the land for himself, for there a commander's portion was reserved; and he came with the heads of the people, with Israel he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments for Israel."
2 Sam 23:3 – The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,
Ps 82:3 – Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Prov 12:5 – The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Prov 29:7 – A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
Prov 31:8 – Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.
Prov 31:9 – Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Jer 22:3 – Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
Jer 22:16 – He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the LORD.
Ezek 23:45 – But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands."
Jn 5:30 – "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
Jn 7:24 – Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
Observe and speak justice
Ex 23:7 – Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Job 17:9 – Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
Ps 15:2 – He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;
Ps 37:30 – The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Ps 106:3 – Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
Ps 119:106 – I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.
Ps 119:121 – I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
Prov 12:5 – The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Isa 33:15 – He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
Ezek 18:5 – "If a man is righteous and does what is just and right–
Ezek 18:19 – "Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
Lk 1:6 – And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
Eph 4:24 – and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Eph 5:9 – (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
Tit 2:12 – training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
1 Jn 2:29 – If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Rev 19:8 – it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"–for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
Have just exchanges
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Deut 6:25 – 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.'
Deut 24:13 – You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
Deut 25:15 – A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Prov 12:5 – The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Jer 22:3 – Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
Fear God
Proclaim and praise God
Judg 5:11 – To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the LORD, the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel."Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD.
1 Sam 12:7 – Now therefore stand still that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous deeds of the LORD that he performed for you and for your fathers.
Ps 7:17 – I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.
Ps 22:31 – they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
Ps 35:27 – Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"
Ps 35:28 – Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
Ps 40:9 – I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.
Ps 35:27 – Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"
Ps 40:10 – I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
Ps 51:14 – Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
Ps 71:15 – My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
Ps 71:16 – With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.
Ps 71:19 – Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?
Ps 71:24 – And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
Ps 88:12 – Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Ps 97:12 – Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!
Ps 118:19 – Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
Ps 119:7 – I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
Ps 119:62 – At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
Ps 119:172 – My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
Ps 140:13 – Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.
Jer 51:10 – The LORD has brought about our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
2 Pet 2:5 – if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Serve God with reverence
Ps 118:20 – This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
Mal 3:3 – He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD.
Mal 3:18 – Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
Mt 6:33 – But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Lk 1:75 – in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Lk 2:25 – Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Acts 10:22 – And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say."
Acts 10:35 – but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
2 Cor 3:9 – For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
1 Tim 6:11 – But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
2 Tim 2:22 – So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Heb 11:33 – who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Fear God in humility
Ps 52:6 – The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
Isa 48:18 – Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
Isa 51:7 – "Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Isa 64:5 – You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
Dan 9:18 – O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
Zeph 2:3 – Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.
Mt 21:32 – For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.
Jn 5:30 – "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
Rejoice in God
Ps 32:11 – Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
Ps 33:1 – Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
Ps 64:10 – Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!
Ps 68:3 – But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
Ps 89:16 – who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
Isa 61:10 – 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.
Give glory to God
Phil 1:11 – filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Depart from evil
Love goodness and mercy
Ps 37:21 – The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;
Ps 82:3 – Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Prov 12:10 – Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
Prov 10:11 – The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Prov 10:20 – The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Prov 10:21 – The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
Prov 10:31 – The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Prov 15:28 – The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Prov 21:26 – All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Mt 1:19 – And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
Mt 10:41 – The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
Mt 25:37 – Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
2 Cor 9:9 – As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."
Eph 5:9 – (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
1 Tim 6:11 – But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
2 Tim 2:22 – So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Tit 1:8 – but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
Love holiness and hate wickedness
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Ps 52:6 – The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
Ps 58:10 – The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Prov 13:5 – The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
Prov 29:27 – An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
Isa 33:15 – He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
2 Cor 6:14 – Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Eph 4:24 – and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
1 Tim 6:11 – But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
2 Tim 2:22 – So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Tit 1:8 – but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
2 Pet 2:7 – and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
2 Pet 2:8 – (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
Repent and receive instruction
Ps 141:5 – Let a righteous man strike me–it is a kindness; let him rebuke me–it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
Prov 9:9 – Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Ezek 3:21 – But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul."
Ezek 18:21 – "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezek 18:27 – Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
Ezek 33:14 – Again, though I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' yet if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right,
Ezek 33:16 – None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.
Ezek 33:19 – And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by them.
Mic 7:9 – I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Lk 15:7 – Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Jn 16:8 – And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
2 Cor 7:11 – For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
Love justice and hope in righteousness
Ps 35:27 – Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"
Ps 37:30 – The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Ps 94:15 – for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Ps 119:123 – My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
Mt 5:6 – "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Gal 5:5 – For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
1 Tim 6:11 – But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
2 Tim 2:22 – So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
2 Pet 3:13 – But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
The results of doing righteousness
Receive reward
Receive life/salvation
Deut 16:20 – Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deut 25:15 – A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Ps 23:3 – He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Ps 34:19 – Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
Ps 37:17 – For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Ps 37:39 – The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
Ps 92:12 – The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Ps 118:15 – Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,
Ps 119:40 – Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life! Waw
Ps 142:7 – Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.
Ps 143:11 – For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
Prov 10:2 – Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Prov 10:16 – The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
Prov 11:4 – Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Prov 11:6 – The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
Prov 11:9 – With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Prov 11:19 – Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.
Prov 11:28 – Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
Prov 11:30 – The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.
Prov 12:28 – In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.
Prov 13:6 – Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.
Prov 10:2 – Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Prov 11:4 – Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Prov 11:8 – The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.
Prov 11:21 – Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
Prov 12:13 – An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
Prov 21:21 – Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Isa 61:10 – 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.
Ezek 18:19 – "Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
Ezek 18:21 – "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezek 18:22 – None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.
Ezek 18:27 – Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
Ezek 33:13 – Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.
Ezek 33:16 – None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.
Ezek 33:19 – And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by them.
Mt 25:46 – And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Mk 6:20 – for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
Receive reward and blessings
Deut 33:19 – They shall call peoples to their mountain; there they offer right sacrifices; for they draw from the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand."
1 Sam 26:23 – The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
2 Sam 22:21 – "The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
2 Sam 22:25 – And the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.
1 Kgs 8:32 – then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
2 Chr 6:23 – then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
Job 8:6 – if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.
Ps 18:20 – The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Ps 18:24 – So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Ps 24:5 – He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Ps 55:22 – Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Ps 58:11 – Mankind will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth."
Ps 112:9 – He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Prov 10:3 – The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
Prov 10:6 – Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Prov 11:23 – The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
Prov 13:21 – Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.
Prov 13:25 – The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
Isa 3:10 – Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Jer 22:16 – He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the LORD.
Ezek 18:20 – The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Mt 10:41 – The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
Lk 14:14 – and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
2 Cor 9:10 – He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
1 Pet 3:14 – But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,
Receive peace and joy
Oneself
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Ps 64:10 – Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!
Ps 68:3 – But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
Ps 72:7 – In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
Ps 85:10 – Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Ps 89:16 – who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
Ps 97:11 – Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Ps 118:15 – Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,
Prov 10:28 – The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
Prov 13:9 – The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Prov 29:6 – An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
Isa 48:18 – Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
Heb 12:11 – For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Everyone
Ps 72:3 – Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!
Ps 85:10 – Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Prov 10:32 – The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
Prov 21:15 – When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Prov 23:24 – The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
Prov 29:2 – When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Please God/Have God’s abidance and care
Ps 14:5 – There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
Ps 34:15 – The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
Ps 36:10 – Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
Ps 55:22 – Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Ps 125:3 – For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.
Ps 140:13 – Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.
Prov 10:24 – What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Prov 15:9 – The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.
Prov 15:29 – The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Isa 64:5 – You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
Hos 2:19 – And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Acts 10:35 – but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
2 Cor 9:10 – He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
Jas 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"–and he was called a friend of God.
Jas 5:16 – Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
1 Pet 3:12 – For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
1 Jn 2:29 – If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Receive glory and honor
Job 36:7 – He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
Ps 89:16 – who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
Ps 112:9 – He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Prov 11:28 – Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
Prov 13:9 – The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Prov 14:19 – The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Prov 14:34 – Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
Prov 16:31 – Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.
Prov 21:21 – Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Prov 24:16 – for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
Prov 28:1 – The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Prov 28:12 – When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.
Isa 24:16 – From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One. But I say, "I waste away, I waste away. Woe is me! For the traitors have betrayed, with betrayal the traitors have betrayed."
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Isa 62:2 – The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
Mt 13:43 – Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
2 Cor 3:9 – For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
2 Tim 4:8 – Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
Rev 19:8 – it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"–for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
Receive a firm foundation
Ps 7:9 – Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous–you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
Ps 55:22 – Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Ps 96:10 – Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."
Ps 99:4 – The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Ps 112:6 – For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.
Prov 10:25 – When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.
Prov 10:30 – The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
Prov 12:3 – No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
Prov 12:12 – Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.
Prov 14:32 – The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
Prov 16:12 – It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.
Prov 18:10 – The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Prov 25:5 – take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Isa 41:10 – fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isa 54:14 – In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
Ezek 33:12 – "And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
Eph 6:14 – Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Receive everlasting remembrance
Job 36:7 – He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
Ps 37:29 – The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.
Ps 72:7 – In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
Ps 103:17 – But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
Ps 106:31 – And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
Ps 112:3 – Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Ps 112:6 – For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.
Ps 112:9 – He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Prov 10:7 – The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Prov 10:25 – When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.
Prov 10:30 – The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
Isa 60:21 – Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
2 Cor 9:9 – As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."
Receive instructions in the way
Ps 5:8 – Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.
Ps 23:3 – He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Ps 85:13 – Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.
Ps 143:11 – For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
Prov 4:18 – But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
Prov 11:5 – The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
Isa 26:2 – Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
Isa 26:7 – The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
Hos 14:9 – 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.
Mic 7:9 – I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Acts 10:22 – And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say."
Receive righteousness in return
Deut 6:25 – 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.'
Deut 24:13 – You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
Ps 24:5 – He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Ps 36:10 – Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
Prov 1:3 – to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
Prov 2:9 – Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Mic 7:9 – I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Mal 4:2 – 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.
Receive establishment of houses
Ps 37:25 – I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.
Ps 103:17 – But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
Ps 112:3 – Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Prov 3:33 – The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Prov 12:7 – The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
Prov 13:22 – A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Prov 15:6 – In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.
Prov 20:7 – The righteous who walks in his integrity–blessed are his children after him!
Behold God’s face
Ps 11:7 – For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
Ps 17:15 – As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
Isa 64:5 – You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
Mic 7:9 – I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Heb 12:23 – and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Receive an inheritance
Deut 16:20 – Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Ps 37:29 – The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.
Isa 60:21 – Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
Mt 5:10 – "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Receive a just cause
Ps 9:4 – For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
Ps 37:6 – He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Prov 21:18 – The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
Rev 19:2 – for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants."
Be taken away from calamity
Prov 12:21 – No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
Isa 57:1 – The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
Zeph 2:3 – Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.
2 Pet 2:5 – if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Receive sure satisfaction
Prov 11:18 – The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
Mt 5:6 – "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Pay the price
Receive persecutions
2 Sam 4:11 – How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?"
1 Kgs 2:32 – The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
Ps 31:18 – Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Ps 34:21 – Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
Ps 37:12 – The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him,
Ps 71:24 – And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
Ps 94:21 – They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Prov 24:15 – Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;
Prov 29:27 – An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
Isa 5:23 – who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isa 29:21 – who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
Isa 51:7 – "Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Lam 4:13 – This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
Ezek 13:22 – Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
Amos 5:12 – For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins–you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Hab 1:4 – So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
Hab 1:13 – You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and are silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
Mt 5:10 – "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 23:29 – "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Mt 23:35 – so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
Acts 7:52 – Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
2 Thess 1:5 – This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering–
2 Thess 1:6 – since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Jas 5:6 – You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.
1 Pet 2:23 – When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
1 Pet 3:14 – But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,
1 Pet 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Encounter troubles
Ps 4:1 – Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
Ps 34:19 – Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
Ps 37:39 – The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
Ps 143:11 – For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
Prov 11:8 – The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.
Prov 12:13 – An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
2 Thess 1:5 – This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering–
2 Thess 1:6 – since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Receive God’s discipline
Ps 141:5 – Let a righteous man strike me–it is a kindness; let him rebuke me–it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
Heb 12:11 – For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Live a simple life
Ps 37:16 – Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
Prov 16:8 – Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Other meanings
Become a witness for righteousness
Prov 12:17 – Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 4:11 – He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
2 Cor 7:11 – For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
1 Thess 2:10 – You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.
2 Thess 1:5 – This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering–
Heb 11:4 – By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
1 Jn 3:7 – Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
1 Jn 3:10 – By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
Edify others
Prov 10:11 – The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Prov 10:21 – The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
Prov 10:31 – The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Prov 10:32 – The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
Prov 11:30 – The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.
Prov 12:26 – One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Jas 3:18 – And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Give God the glory
Isa 60:21 – Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Lk 23:47 – Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent!"
Phil 1:11 – filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Isa 60:21 – Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Lk 23:47 – Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent!"
Phil 1:11 – filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Actions of unrighteousness
Persecute the righteous
2 Sam 4:11 – How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?"
1 Kgs 2:32 – The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
Ps 31:18 – Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Ps 34:21 – Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
Ps 37:12 – The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him,
Ps 37:32 – The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.
Ps 71:24 – And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
Ps 94:21 – They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Prov 17:26 – To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Prov 24:15 – Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;
Prov 29:27 – An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
Isa 5:7 – For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
Isa 5:23 – who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isa 29:21 – who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
Lam 4:13 – This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
Ezek 13:22 – Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
Amos 5:12 – For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins–you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Hab 1:4 – So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
Hab 1:13 – You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and are silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
Mt 23:29 – "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Acts 3:14 – But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Acts 7:52 – Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
Jas 5:6 – You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.
Pervert justice
Ex 23:8 – And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Deut 16:19 – You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
1 Kgs 2:32 – The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
Ps 94:21 – They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Prov 17:15 – He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Prov 17:26 – To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Prov 18:5 – It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
Prov 24:24 – Whoever says to the wicked, "You are in the right," will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
Prov 25:26 – Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Prov 31:5 – lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Isa 1:21 – How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Isa 5:7 – For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
Isa 5:23 – who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isa 10:2 – to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Isa 29:21 – who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
Jer 5:28 – they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Jer 30:13 – There is none to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you.
Ezek 13:22 – Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
Amos 2:6 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals–
Amos 5:12 – For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins–you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Hab 1:4 – So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
Be deceitful, dishonest and greedy
Ex 23:8 – And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Deut 16:19 – You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Ps 31:18 – Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Ps 52:3 – You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
Prov 12:5 – The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Prov 12:12 – Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.
Prov 12:17 – Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.
Prov 21:26 – All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Prov 12:5 – The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Ps 37:21 – The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;
Isa 5:23 – who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isa 10:2 – to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Isa 29:21 – who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
Isa 48:1 – Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and confess the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.
Isa 59:4 – No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Jer 5:28 – they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Jer 22:13 – "Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages,
Ezek 13:22 – Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
Ezek 45:9 – "Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord GOD.
Mt 23:28 – So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Love evil, follow fleshly desires
Gen 6:3 – Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."
Ps 52:3 – You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
Prov 10:6 – Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Isa 1:21 – How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Ezek 3:20 – Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezek 13:22 – Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
Ezek 18:20 – The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
Ezek 18:24 – But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
Ezek 18:26 – When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die.
Jude 1:7 – just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Mt 23:28 – So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Acts 13:10 – and said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
2 Pet 2:7 – and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
2 Pet 2:8 – (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
Be proud and unrepentant
Ps 31:18 – Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Prov 11:28 – Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
Isa 46:12 – "Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:
Jer 50:7 – All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
Hab 2:4 – "Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.
Zeph 3:5 – The LORD within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
Mt 21:32 – For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.
Lk 18:9 – He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
Rom 2:5 – But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
Be violent and cruel
Prov 10:11 – The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Prov 10:32 – The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
Prov 12:10 – Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
Prov 15:28 – The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
1 Jn 3:10 – By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
Do not know God nor fear Him
Isa 26:10 – If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.
Jer 50:7 – All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
Mal 3:18 – Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
2 Thess 1:8 – in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
2 Pet 2:21 – For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
Make crooked the straight paths of the Lord
Acts 13:10 – and said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
Results of practicing unrighteousness
Fall into punishment
Be condemned/punished
2 Sam 4:11 – How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?"
Job 19:29 – be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment."
Job 36:17 – "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.
Ps 34:21 – Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
Ps 37:17 – For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Ps 69:27 – Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you.
Ps 129:4 – The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
Prov 3:33 – The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Prov 10:24 – What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Prov 10:30 – The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
Prov 10:31 – The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Prov 11:6 – The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
Prov 11:8 – The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.
Prov 11:21 – Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
Prov 11:31 – If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Prov 12:13 – An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
Prov 12:21 – No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
Prov 13:9 – The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Prov 13:21 – Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.
Prov 13:25 – The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
Prov 14:32 – The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
Prov 15:6 – In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.
Prov 21:18 – The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
Prov 24:24 – Whoever says to the wicked, "You are in the right," will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
Prov 29:6 – An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
Prov 29:16 – When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
Isa 59:4 – No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Amos 2:6 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals–
Mt 25:46 – And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
2 Thess 1:8 – in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
2 Thess 1:9 – They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
2 Pet 2:5 – if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Jude 1:7 – just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Die/perish
2 Sam 4:11 – How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?"
Ps 1:6 – for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Prov 10:16 – The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
Prov 10:21 – The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
Prov 11:19 – Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.
Prov 13:9 – The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Prov 21:12 – The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
Ezek 18:20 – The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
Ezek 18:24 – But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
Ezek 18:26 – When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die.
Ezek 33:12 – "And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
Ezek 33:13 – Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.
Ezek 33:14 – Again, though I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' yet if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right,
Ezek 33:18 – When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it.
Rom 5:21 – so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Fall and perish
Prov 10:28 – The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
Prov 11:5 – The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
Prov 11:6 – The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
Prov 11:28 – Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
Prov 12:7 – The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
Prov 13:6 – Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.
Prov 21:12 – The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
Prov 24:16 – for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
Prov 29:6 – An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
Prov 29:16 – When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
Hos 14:9 – 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.
2 Thess 1:9 – They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
Be in terror and shame
Ps 14:5 – There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
Ps 71:24 – And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
Ps 76:8 – From the heavens you uttered judgment; the earth feared and was still,
Prov 11:28 – Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
Prov 13:5 – The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
Prov 14:19 – The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Prov 14:34 – Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
Prov 22:10 – Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Prov 28:1 – The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Ezek 16:52 – Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
Dan 9:16 – "O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are around us.
Lk 18:14 – I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Acts 24:25 – And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you."
1 Cor 15:34 – Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Be hated and forsaken by God
Gen 6:3 – Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."
2 Sam 4:11 – How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?"
Ps 7:11 – God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.
Ps 11:5 – The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Prov 3:33 – The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Prov 10:3 – The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
Prov 11:23 – The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
Prov 15:9 – The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.
Prov 15:29 – The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Prov 17:15 – He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Rom 2:5 – But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
1 Pet 3:12 – For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
Not be remembered and be overthrown
Job 27:17 – he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
Prov 10:7 – The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Prov 10:20 – The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Prov 10:25 – When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.
Prov 11:18 – The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
Prov 12:7 – The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
Prov 21:12 – The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
Be unable to find righteousness
Prov 29:7 – A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
Isa 58:2 – Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Isa 59:9 – Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Isa 59:14 – Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
Rom 9:31 – but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
Other meanings
Harm or ruin others
Prov 11:9 – With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Prov 11:23 – The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
Prov 12:26 – One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Prov 21:15 – When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Prov 26:28 – A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Prov 28:12 – When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.
Prov 28:28 – When the wicked rise, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Rev 19:2 – for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants."
Do not belong to God
1 Jn 3:10 – By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
Characteristics of men’s righteousness
Subjective (according to what one thinks)
Gen 44:16 – And Judah said, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord's servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found."
Deut 9:4 – "Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land,' whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out before you.
Deut 9:5 – Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Deut 9:6 – "Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
2 Sam 15:4 – Then Absalom would say, "Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice."
2 Sam 19:9 – And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
2 Kgs 10:9 – Then in the morning, when he went out, he stood and said to all the people, "You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who struck down all these?
Job 6:29 – Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Job 9:15 – Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
Job 9:20 – Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
Job 12:4 – I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
Job 13:18 – Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
Job 27:5 – Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Job 27:6 – I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
Job 32:1 – So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 32:2 – Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.
Job 34:5 – For Job has said, 'I am in the right, and God has taken away my right;
Job 35:2 – "Do you think this to be just? Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
Prov 18:17 – The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
Eccl 7:16 – Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Isa 43:9 – All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true.
Isa 43:26 – Put me in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
Isa 57:12 – I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.
Jer 3:11 – And the LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Jer 50:7 – All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
Ezek 18:19 – "Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
Lk 10:29 – But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Lk 16:15 – And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Lk 18:9 – He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
Acts 7:24 – And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.
Acts 28:4 – When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."
Phil 3:6 – as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness, under the law blameless.
Imperfect (unable to achieve perfection)
Job 4:17 – 'Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Job 9:2 – "Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?
Job 9:20 – Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
Job 10:15 – If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.
Job 11:2 – "Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right?
Job 15:14 – What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Job 22:3 – Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
Job 25:4 – How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?
Job 35:7 – If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
Job 40:8 – Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
Ps 143:2 – Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
Eccl 7:20 – Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Isa 64:6 – We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Rom 3:10 – as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;
Rom 4:2 – For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
Rom 5:7 – For one will scarcely die for a righteous person–though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die–
Gal 2:16 – 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.
Gal 3:11 – Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."
Changing (Is not consistent)
Ex 23:8 – And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Ps 11:3 – if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
Eccl 3:16 – Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
Eccl 5:8 – If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
Isa 1:21 – How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Isa 5:7 – For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
Ezek 3:20 – Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezek 18:24 – But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
Ezek 18:26 – When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die.
Ezek 33:12 – "And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
Ezek 33:13 – Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.
Ezek 33:18 – When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it.
Amos 5:7 – O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Amos 6:12 – Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood–
Hab 1:4 – So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
2 Pet 2:21 – For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
Relative (God’s judgment is still the standard)
Deut 9:4 – "Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land,' whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out before you.
Deut 9:5 – Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Deut 9:6 – "Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
Ps 7:8 – The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Ps 35:24 – Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!
Eccl 6:10 – Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.
Eccl 9:1 – But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.
Isa 57:12 – I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.
Jer 3:11 – And the LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Ezek 14:14 – even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 14:20 – even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.
Ezek 16:51 – Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.
Ezek 16:52 – Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
Mt 5:20 – For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Lk 18:14 – I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
1 Pet 4:18 – And "If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"
Contridictory (No difference between doing righteousness and doing wickedness)
Eccl 7:15 – In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.
Eccl 8:14 – There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
Eccl 9:2 – It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.
Isa 57:1 – The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
Jer 12:1 – Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Hab 1:13 – You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and are silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
Misleading (appearance may not be true)
Deut 16:19 – You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Prov 18:17 – The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
Mt 6:1 – "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Mt 23:28 – So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Lk 16:15 – And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Lk 20:20 – So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
Non-transferable (benefits of righteousness belong to oneself)
Ezek 14:14 – even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 14:20 – even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.
Ezek 18:19 – "Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
Ezek 18:20 – The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
2 Cor 10:6 – being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
Rev 22:11 – Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy."
Ps 89:14 – Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
Ps 97:2 – Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
YHWH, יהוה
Jer 23:6 – In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Jer 33:16 – In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Justice, מִשְׁפָּט
Ps 119:75 – I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Justice, צְדָקָה
Ps 119:142 – Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
Commandment, מִצְוָה
Ps 119:172 – My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
Verbs with "Justice" (צֶדֶק) as Subject
Be, הָיָה
Deut 25:15 – A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Isa 11:5 – Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Walk, הָלַךְ
Ps 85:13 – Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.
Isa 58:8 – Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Kiss, נָשַׁק
Ps 85:10 – Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Look, שָׁקַף
Ps 85:11 – Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.
Lodge, לוּן
Isa 1:21 – How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Call, קָרָא
Isa 41:2 – Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.
Go out, יָצָא
Isa 62:1 – For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
Verbs with "Justice" (צֶדֶק) as Object
Report, נָגַד
Ps 50:6 – The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
Ps 97:6 – The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
Prov 12:17 – Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.
Speak, דָּבַר
Ps 52:3 – You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
Ps 58:1 – Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
Isa 45:19 – I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right.
Judge, שָׁפַט
Deut 1:16 – And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.
Prov 31:9 – Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Clothe, לָבַשׁ
Job 29:14 – I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
Ps 132:9 – Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.
Learn, לָמַד
Isa 26:9 – 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.
Isa 26:10 – If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.
Pursue, רָדַף
Deut 16:20 – Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Be crooked, עָוַת
Job 8:3 – Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Give, נָתַן
Job 36:3 – I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Make, פָּעַל
Ps 15:2 – He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;
Hear, שָׁמַע
Ps 17:1 – Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
Mutter, הָגָה
Ps 35:28 – Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
Go out, יָצָא
Ps 37:6 – He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Announce, בָּשַׂר
Ps 40:9 – I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.
Love, אָהַב
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Be full, מָלֵא
Ps 48:10 – As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
Do, עָשָׂה
Ps 119:121 – I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
Command, צָוָה
Ps 119:138 – You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.
Take, לָקַח
Prov 1:3 – to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
Understand, בִּין
Prov 2:9 – Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Engrave, חָקַק
Prov 8:15 – By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;
Flow, נָזַל
Isa 45:8 – "Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the LORD have created it.
See, רָאָה
Isa 62:2 – The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
Come, בֹּוא
Dan 9:24 – "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Throw, יׄורֶה
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Seek, בָּקַשׁ
Zeph 2:3 – Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.
Verbs with "Justice" (צֶדֶק) as Indirect Object
Return, שׁוּב
Ps 94:15 – for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Ezek 3:20 – Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Be firm, כּוּן
Prov 25:5 – take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Adjectives Modifying "Justice" (צֶדֶק)
Quick, מָהִיר
Isa 16:5 – then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."
Predicate Complements of "Justice" (צֶדֶק)
To, for, לְ
Deut 25:15 – A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Ps 119:144 – Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
In, among, בְּ
Job 6:29 – Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Out of, מִן
Job 35:2 – "Do you think this to be just? Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
Loin-cloth, אֵזׄור
Isa 11:5 – Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Near, קָרֹוב
Isa 51:5 – My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.
Appositions with "Justice" (צֶדֶק)
Planting, מַטָּע
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Prepositions with "Justice" (צֶדֶק)
In, among, בְּ
Lev 19:15 – "You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
Ps 9:8 – and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
Ps 17:15 – As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
Ps 65:5 – By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;
Ps 72:2 – May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
Ps 96:13 – before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Ps 98:9 – before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Prov 8:8 – All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
Prov 25:5 – take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Eccl 7:15 – In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.
Isa 11:4 – but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Isa 42:6 – "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
Isa 45:13 – I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward," says the LORD of hosts.
Isa 59:4 – No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Hos 2:19 – And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.
Like, as, כְּ
Ps 7:8 – The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Ps 7:17 – I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.
Ps 18:20 – The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Ps 18:24 – So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Ps 35:24 – Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!
Unto, עַד
Ps 94:15 – for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
To, for, לְ
Isa 32:1 – Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
Because of, לְמַעַן
Isa 42:21 – The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.
Out of, מִן
Ezek 3:20 – Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
… of "Justice" (צֶדֶק)
Justice, מִשְׁפָּט
Deut 16:18 – "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Ps 119:7 – I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
Ps 119:62 – At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
Ps 119:106 – I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.
Ps 119:160 – The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. Sin and Shin
Ps 119:164 – Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.
Isa 58:2 – Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Balances, מֹאזְנַיִם
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Job 31:6 – (Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)
Ezek 45:10 – "You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
Sacrifice, זֶבַח
Deut 33:19 – They shall call peoples to their mountain; there they offer right sacrifices; for they draw from the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand."
Ps 4:5 – Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.
Ps 51:19 – then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Abode of shepherd, נָוֶה
Job 8:6 – if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.
Jer 31:23 – Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes: "'The LORD bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O holy hill!'
Jer 50:7 – All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
Ephah, אֵיפָה
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Ezek 45:10 – "You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
Judge, שָׁפַט
Ps 9:4 – For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
Jer 11:20 – But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
Stone, אֶבֶן
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Hin, הִין
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
God/god(s), אֱלֹהִים
Ps 4:1 – Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
Course, מַעְגָּל
Ps 23:3 – He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Delighting, חָפֵץ
Ps 35:27 – Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"
Gate, שַׁעַר
Ps 118:19 – Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
Utterance, אִמְרָה
Ps 119:123 – My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
Lip, שָׂפָה
Prov 16:13 – Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.
Place, מָקֹום
Eccl 3:16 – Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
Robbing, גֵּזֶל
Eccl 5:8 – If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
City, עִיר
Isa 1:26 – And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."
Right-hand side, יָמִין
Isa 41:10 – fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Pursue, רָדַף
Isa 51:1 – "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Know, דָּעָה
Isa 51:7 – "Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Ram, אַיִל
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Do, עָשָׂה
Isa 64:5 – You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
[measure], בַּת
Ezek 45:10 – "You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
"Justice" (צֶדֶק) of …
You
Job 8:6 – if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.
Ps 35:24 – Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!
Ps 35:28 – Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
Ps 37:6 – He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Ps 119:7 – I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
Ps 119:62 – At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
Ps 119:106 – I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.
Ps 119:123 – My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
Ps 119:160 – The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. Sin and Shin
Ps 119:164 – Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.
Isa 58:8 – Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
I
Job 6:29 – Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Job 35:2 – "Do you think this to be just? Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
Ps 4:1 – Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
Ps 7:8 – The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Ps 18:20 – The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Ps 18:24 – So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Ps 35:27 – Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"
Isa 41:10 – fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isa 51:5 – My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.
Him
Ps 7:17 – I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.
Ps 50:6 – The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
Ps 97:6 – The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
Eccl 7:15 – In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.
Isa 42:21 – The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.
Ezek 3:20 – Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
We
Jer 23:6 – In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Jer 33:16 – In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Ephah, אֵיפָה
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Testimonies, עֵדָה
Ps 119:138 – You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.
Reminder, עֵדוּת
Ps 119:144 – Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
Her
Isa 62:1 – For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
You
Isa 62:2 – The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
Eternity, עֹולָם
Dan 9:24 – "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
… and "Justice" (צֶדֶק)
Stone, אֶבֶן
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Deut 25:15 – A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Justice, צֶדֶק
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Ephah, אֵיפָה
Deut 25:15 – A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Justice, מִשְׁפָּט
Ps 119:121 – I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
Balances, מֹאזְנַיִם
Ezek 45:10 – "You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
"Justice" (צֶדֶק) and …
Justice, מִשְׁפָּט
Ps 89:14 – Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
Ps 97:2 – Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Prov 1:3 – to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
Prov 2:9 – Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Hos 2:19 – And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.
Hin, הִין
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Justice, צֶדֶק
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Completeness, תֹּם
Ps 7:8 – The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Peace, שָׁלֹום
Ps 85:10 – Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Steadiness, אֱמוּנָה
Ps 119:138 – You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.
Uprightness, מֵישָׁרִים
Prov 1:3 – to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
[measure], בַּת
Ezek 45:10 – "You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
"Justice" (צֶדֶק) as Adjunct of …
Humility, עַנְוָה
Ps 45:4 – In your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds!
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<topic id=“496” startswith=“” nth=“”>”Discernment” in the New Testament</topic>
<topic id=“489” startswith=“” nth=“”>”Condemnation” in the New Testament</topic>
