(page 1) Bible Verses About Righteousness
382 Scriptures

Deuteronomy 16:20

Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 24:13

But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

Deuteronomy 33:19

They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.

Deuteronomy 33:21

He kept for himself the first part, for his was the ruler's right: he put in force the righteousness of the Lord, and his decisions for Israel.

Deuteronomy 6:25

And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

Deuteronomy 9:4

And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.

Deuteronomy 9:5

Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 9:6

Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

Ecclesiastes 7:16

Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

Ecclesiastes 7:20

There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

Ephesians 4:24

And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

Ephesians 5:9

(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

Ephesians 6:14

Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

Ezekiel 14:14

Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 14:20

Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep son or daughter safe; only themselves would they keep safe through their righteousness.

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul which does sin will be put to death: the son will not be made responsible for the evil-doing of the father, or the father for the evil-doing of the son; the righteousness of the upright will be on himself, and the evil-doing of the evil-doer on himself.

Ezekiel 18:22

Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in memory against him: in the righteousness which he has done he will have life.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

Ezekiel 18:26

When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

Ezekiel 18:5

But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

Ezekiel 3:20

Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 33:12

And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

Ezekiel 33:13

When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.

Ezekiel 33:18

When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

Ezra 9:15

O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

Galatians 2:16

Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

Galatians 2:17

But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!

Galatians 2:21

I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.

Galatians 3:11

Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

Galatians 3:24

So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

Galatians 3:6

Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

Galatians 3:8

And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

Galatians 5:4

You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.

Galatians 5:5

For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

Genesis 15:6

And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

Hebrews 11:33

Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

Hebrews 12:11

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

Hebrews 1:8

But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.

Hebrews 1:9

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

Hebrews 5:13

For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.

Hebrews 7:2

And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace;

Hosea 10:12

Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

Hosea 2:19

And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.

Isaiah 10:22

For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.

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