And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.
Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?
In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.
In those days and at that time, I will let a Branch of righteousness come up for David; and he will be a judge in righteousness in the land.
In those days, Judah will have salvation and Jerusalem will be safe: and this is the name which will be given to her: The Lord is our righteousness.
And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.
They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.
But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.
And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.
I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.
(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)
He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.
There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.
Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.
If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.
Of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more;
And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged:
Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing.
He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.
For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.
Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.
But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.
Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;
You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:
Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
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