Bible Verses About righteousness
Find 667 Bible verses about righteousness from the King James Version with commentary and cross-references.
Genesis 6:9
"This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God."
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Genesis 7:1
"The Lord said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation."
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Exodus 9:27
"Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. The Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked."
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Deuteronomy 1:16
"I commanded your judges at that time, saying, "Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him."
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Deuteronomy 6:25
"It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.""
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Deuteronomy 9:4
"Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, "For my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land"; because the Lord drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations."
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Deuteronomy 9:5
"Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
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Deuteronomy 9:6
"Know therefore, that the Lord your God doesn't give you this good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people."
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Judges 5:11
"Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. "Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates."
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Judges 9:16
""Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands"
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1 Kings 2:32
"The Lord will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah."
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1 Kings 3:6
"Solomon said, "You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day."
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1 Kings 9:4
"As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;"
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2 Chronicles 6:23
"then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness."
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2 Chronicles 9:8
"Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for the Lord your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.""
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Job 1:1
"There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil."
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Job 1:8
"The Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.""
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Job 2:3
"The Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.""
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Job 6:25
"How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?"
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Job 6:29
"Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous."
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Psalms 1:5
"Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous."
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Psalms 1:6
"For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish."
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Psalms 4:1
"Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer."
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Psalms 5:8
"Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face."
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Psalms 5:12
"For you will bless the righteous. Lord, you will surround him with favor as with a shield."
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Psalms 7:8
"The Lord administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Lord, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me."
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Psalms 7:9
"Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God."
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Psalms 7:17
"I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High."
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Psalms 9:4
"For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously."
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Psalms 9:8
"He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness."
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Proverbs 1:3
"to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;"
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Proverbs 2:7
"He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;"
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Proverbs 2:9
"Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path."
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Proverbs 2:20
"that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous."
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Proverbs 3:32
"For the perverse is an abomination to the Lord, but his friendship is with the upright."
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Proverbs 3:33
"The Lord's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous."
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Proverbs 4:18
"But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day."
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Proverbs 8:8
"All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them."
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Proverbs 8:20
"I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;"
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Proverbs 9:9
"Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning."
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Ecclesiastes 3:16
"Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there."
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
"I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.""
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
"If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, do not marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them."
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Ecclesiastes 7:15
"All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing."
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Ecclesiastes 7:16
"Do not be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?"
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
"Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin."
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Ecclesiastes 7:29
"Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."
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Ecclesiastes 8:14
"There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity."
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Ecclesiastes 9:1
"For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them."
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Ecclesiastes 9:2
"All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath."
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Isaiah 1:21
"How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers."
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Isaiah 5:7
"For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress."
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Isaiah 9:7
"Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
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Jeremiah 3:11
"The Lord said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah."
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Jeremiah 4:2
"and you shall swear, 'As the Lord lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.""
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Lamentations 1:18
"The Lord is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. Please listen all you people, and see my suffering. My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity."
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Ezekiel 3:20
""Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand."
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Ezekiel 3:21
"Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.""
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Daniel 4:27
"Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.""
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Daniel 8:18
"Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright."
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Daniel 9:7
"Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds that they have committed against you."
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Daniel 9:16
"Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us."
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Daniel 9:18
"My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolation, and the city which is called by your name. For we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercy."
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Daniel 9:24
"Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to put an end to the transgression, and to make an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place."
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Hosea 2:19
"I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion."
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Amos 2:6
"Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;"
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Amos 5:24
"But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream."
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Amos 6:12
"Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;"
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Micah 6:5
"My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.""
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Micah 7:2
"The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net."
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Micah 7:4
"The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion."
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Micah 7:9
"I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness."
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Habakkuk 1:4
"Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted."
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Habakkuk 1:13
"You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,"
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Habakkuk 2:4
"Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith."
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Zephaniah 2:3
"Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the Lord's anger."
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Zephaniah 3:5
"The Lord, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame."
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Zechariah 9:9
"Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
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Malachi 2:6
"The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity."
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Malachi 3:3
"and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness."
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Malachi 3:18
"Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him."
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Malachi 4:2
"But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall."
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Matthew 1:19
"And Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly."
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Matthew 5:6
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled."
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Matthew 5:10
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
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Matthew 5:20
"For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."
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Matthew 6:33
"But seek first his Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well."
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Matthew 9:13
"But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.""
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Luke 1:6
"They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord."
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Luke 2:25
"Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him."
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John 5:30
"I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the One who sent me."
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John 7:18
"He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him."
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Acts 3:14
"But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a man who was a murderer to be granted to you,"
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Acts 7:52
"Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers."
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Romans 1:17
"For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith.""
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Romans 1:18
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,"
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Romans 2:13
"For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified"
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Romans 3:5
"But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do."
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Romans 3:21
"But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the Law and the Prophets;"
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Romans 3:25
"whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance;"
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Romans 4:3
"For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.""
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Romans 4:5
"But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness."
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Romans 4:6
"Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,"
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Romans 4:9
"Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness."
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Romans 4:11
"He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them."
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Romans 4:13
"For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith."
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Romans 5:7
"For rarely does one die for the righteous. Yet perhaps for a good person someone might dare to die."
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Romans 5:17
"For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ."
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Romans 5:19
"For as through the one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous."
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Romans 6:13
"Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God."
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Romans 6:16
"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?"
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Romans 6:19
"I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification."
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Romans 6:20
"For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness."
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Romans 7:12
"Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good."
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Romans 8:10
"If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness."
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Romans 9:14
"What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!"
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Romans 9:30
"What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;"
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Romans 9:31
"but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law."
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1 Corinthians 1:30
"But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:"
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1 Corinthians 6:1
"Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?"
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1 Corinthians 6:9
"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor men who practice sexual relations with men,"
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2 Corinthians 5:21
"For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
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2 Corinthians 6:14
"Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?"
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2 Corinthians 9:10
"Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;"
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Galatians 2:14
"But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, how can you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?"
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Galatians 2:21
"I do not make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!""
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Galatians 3:11
"Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith.""
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Galatians 3:21
"Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law."
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Galatians 5:5
"For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness."
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Ephesians 6:14
"Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,"
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Philippians 1:11
"being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God."
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Philippians 3:6
"concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless."
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Philippians 3:9
"and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;"
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1 Thessalonians 2:10
"You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe."
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1 Timothy 6:11
"But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness."
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2 Timothy 2:19
"However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.""
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2 Timothy 2:22
"Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."
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2 Timothy 3:16
"Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,"
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Hebrews 1:8
"But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom."
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Hebrews 1:9
"You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.""
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Hebrews 5:13
"For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby."
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Hebrews 6:10
"For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them."
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Hebrews 8:12
"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins no more.""
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James 5:6
"You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you."
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James 5:16
"Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective."
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1 Peter 3:12
"For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.""
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1 Peter 3:18
"Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;"
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2 Peter 1:1
"Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:"
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2 Peter 2:21
"For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them."
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1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
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1 John 2:1
"My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous."
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1 John 2:29
"If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of him."
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1 John 3:7
"Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous."
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1 John 3:10
"In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who does not love his brother."
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1 John 3:12
"unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous."
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2 Samuel 4:11
"How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?""
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2 Samuel 8:15
"David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people."
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Genesis 18:19
"For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the Lord may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.""
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Genesis 18:23
"Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?"
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Genesis 18:24
"What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?"
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Genesis 18:25
"Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?""
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Genesis 18:26
"The Lord said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.""
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Genesis 18:28
"What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there.""
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Genesis 20:4
"Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?"
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Genesis 30:33
"So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen.""
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Genesis 37:7
"for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.""
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Genesis 38:26
"Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more."
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Exodus 15:8
"With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea."
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Exodus 23:7
""Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked."
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Exodus 23:8
""You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous."
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Leviticus 19:15
""'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness."
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Leviticus 19:35
""'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity."
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Leviticus 26:13
"I am the Lord your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright."
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Numbers 23:10
"Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!""
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Deuteronomy 4:8
"What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?"
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Deuteronomy 16:18
"You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment."
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Deuteronomy 16:19
"You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous."
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Deuteronomy 19:16
"If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,"
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Deuteronomy 24:13
"you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God."
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Deuteronomy 25:1
"If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;"
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Deuteronomy 25:16
"For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God."
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Deuteronomy 33:19
"They shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand.""
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Deuteronomy 33:21
"He provided the first part for himself, for there was the lawgiver's portion reserved. He came with the heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of the Lord, His ordinances with Israel.""
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Judges 9:19
"If you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice you in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:"
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1 Samuel 12:7
"Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers."
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1 Samuel 24:17
"He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you."
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1 Samuel 26:23
"The Lord will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because the Lord delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed."
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1 Samuel 29:6
"Then Achish called David, and said to him, "As the Lord lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords do not favor you."
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2 Samuel 22:21
"The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands."
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2 Samuel 22:25
"Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight."
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2 Samuel 23:3
"The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,"
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1 Kings 8:32
"then hear in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness."
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1 Kings 10:9
"Blessed is the Lord your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.""
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2 Kings 10:9
"It happened in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, "You are righteous. Behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him; but who struck all these?"
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1 Chronicles 18:14
"David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness to all his people."
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1 Chronicles 29:17
"I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you."
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2 Chronicles 12:6
"Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, "The Lord is righteous.""
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2 Chronicles 29:34
"But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests."
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Ezra 9:15
"The Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this.""
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Nehemiah 9:8
"and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous."
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Job 4:7
""Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?"
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Job 8:6
"If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous."
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Job 9:15
"Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge."
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Job 9:20
"Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse."
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Job 10:15
"If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction."
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Job 11:14
"If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents."
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Job 15:14
"What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?"
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Job 17:8
"Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless."
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Job 17:9
"Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger."
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Job 18:21
"Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God.""
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Job 22:3
"Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?"
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Job 22:23
"If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents."
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Job 23:7
"There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge."
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Job 24:20
"The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree."
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Job 27:4
"surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit."
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Job 27:6
"I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live."
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Job 27:7
""Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous."
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Job 29:14
"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem."
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Job 31:3
"Is it not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?"
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Job 32:1
"So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes."
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Job 33:3
"My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely."
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Job 33:26
"He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness."
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Job 34:17
"Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?-"
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Job 35:2
""Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'"
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Job 35:7
"If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?"
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Job 35:8
"Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man."
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Job 36:3
"I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker."
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Job 36:7
"He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted."
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Job 36:23
"Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'"
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Job 37:23
"We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress."
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Psalms 11:2
"For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart."
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Psalms 11:5
"The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates."
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Psalms 11:7
"For the Lord is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face."
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Psalms 14:5
"There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous."
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Psalms 17:1
"Hear, Lord, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips."
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Psalms 17:15
"As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form."
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Psalms 18:20
"The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me."
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Psalms 18:24
"Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight."
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Psalms 19:9
"The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. The Lord's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether."
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Psalms 19:13
"Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression."
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Psalms 22:31
"They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it."
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Psalms 23:3
"He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake."
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Psalms 24:5
"He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, righteousness from the God of his salvation."
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Psalms 25:8
"Good and upright is the Lord, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way."
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Psalms 31:1
"In you, Lord, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness."
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Psalms 31:18
"Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt."
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Psalms 32:11
"Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!"
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Psalms 33:5
"He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord."
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Psalms 34:19
"Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all."
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Psalms 34:21
"Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned."
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Psalms 35:11
"Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I do not know about."
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Psalms 35:24
"Vindicate me, Lord my God, according to your righteousness. Do not let them gloat over me."
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Psalms 35:27
"Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "The Lord be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!""
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Psalms 35:28
"My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long."
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Psalms 36:6
"Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Lord, you preserve man and animal."
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Psalms 36:10
"Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart."
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Psalms 37:1
"ALEPH Do not fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness."
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Psalms 37:6
"he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun."
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Psalms 37:14
"The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way."
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Psalms 37:16
"Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked."
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Psalms 37:17
"For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous."
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Psalms 37:21
"The wicked borrow, and do not pay back, but the righteous give generously."
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Psalms 37:25
"I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread."
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Psalms 37:37
"Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace."
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Psalms 37:39
"But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble."
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Psalms 40:9
"I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Lord, you know."
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Psalms 40:10
"I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly."
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Psalms 45:4
"In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds."
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Psalms 45:7
"You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows."
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Psalms 48:10
"As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness."
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Psalms 49:14
"They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion."
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Psalms 50:6
"The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah."
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Psalms 51:14
"Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness."
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Psalms 51:19
"Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar."
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Psalms 55:22
"Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved."
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Psalms 58:1
"Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?"
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Psalms 58:10
"The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;"
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Psalms 58:11
"so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.""
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Psalms 64:10
"The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!"
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Psalms 65:5
"By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;"
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Psalms 68:3
"But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness."
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Psalms 69:27
"Charge them with crime upon crime. Do not let them come into your righteousness."
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Psalms 69:28
"Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous."
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Psalms 71:2
"Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me."
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Psalms 71:4
"Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man."
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Psalms 71:15
"My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I do not know its full measure."
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Psalms 71:16
"I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord God. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone."
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Psalms 71:19
"Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?"
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Psalms 71:24
"My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me."
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Psalms 72:3
"The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness."
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Psalms 72:7
"In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more."
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Psalms 75:10
"I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up."
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Psalms 85:10
"Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other."
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Psalms 85:11
"Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven."
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Psalms 88:12
"Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?"
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Psalms 89:14
"Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face."
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Psalms 89:16
"In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted."
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Psalms 92:12
"The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon."
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Psalms 92:15
"to show that the Lord is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him."
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Psalms 94:15
"For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it."
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Psalms 94:21
"They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood."
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Psalms 96:13
"before the Lord; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth."
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Psalms 97:2
"Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne."
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Psalms 97:6
"The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory."
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Psalms 98:2
"The Lord has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations."
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Psalms 98:9
"Let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity."
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Psalms 99:4
"The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob."
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Psalms 103:17
"But the Lord's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;"
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Psalms 106:31
"That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come."
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Psalms 107:42
"The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths."
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Psalms 111:1
"Praise Yah! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation."
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Psalms 111:8
"They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness."
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Psalms 112:2
"His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed."
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Psalms 112:4
"Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous."
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Psalms 112:9
"He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor."
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Psalms 118:15
"The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of the Lord does valiantly."
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Psalms 118:19
"Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah."
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Psalms 119:7
"I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments."
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Psalms 119:62
"At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances."
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Psalms 119:75
"Lord, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have humbled me."
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Psalms 119:106
"I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances."
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Psalms 119:121
"I have done what is just and righteous. Do not leave me to my oppressors."
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Psalms 119:138
"You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy."
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Psalms 119:144
"Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live."
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Psalms 119:160
"All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever."
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Psalms 119:172
"Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness."
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Psalms 125:3
"For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil."
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Psalms 125:4
"Do good, Lord, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts."
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Psalms 132:9
"Let your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your holy ones shout for joy!""
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Psalms 140:13
"Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence."
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Psalms 141:5
"Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; do not let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds."
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Psalms 142:7
"Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me."
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Psalms 143:1
"Hear my prayer, Lord. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me."
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Psalms 143:2
"Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous."
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Psalms 143:10
"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness."
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Psalms 143:11
"Revive me, Lord, for your name's sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble."
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Psalms 145:7
"They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness."
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Psalms 146:8
"The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises up those who are bowed down. The Lord loves the righteous."
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Proverbs 10:2
"Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death."
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Proverbs 10:3
"The Lord will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked."
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Proverbs 10:6
"Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked."
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Proverbs 10:7
"The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot."
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Proverbs 10:11
"The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked."
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Proverbs 10:16
"The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin."
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Proverbs 10:20
"The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth."
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Proverbs 10:21
"The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding."
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Proverbs 10:24
"What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted."
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Proverbs 10:25
"When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever."
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Proverbs 10:28
"The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish."
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Proverbs 10:29
"The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity."
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Proverbs 10:30
"The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land."
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Proverbs 10:31
"The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off."
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Proverbs 10:32
"The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse."
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Proverbs 11:3
"The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them."
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Proverbs 11:4
"Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death."
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Proverbs 11:5
"The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness."
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Proverbs 11:6
"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires."
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Proverbs 11:8
"A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place."
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Proverbs 11:9
"With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge."
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Proverbs 11:10
"When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting."
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Proverbs 11:11
"By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked."
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Proverbs 11:18
"Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward."
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Proverbs 11:21
"Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered."
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Proverbs 11:23
"The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath."
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Proverbs 11:28
"He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf."
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Proverbs 11:30
"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls."
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Proverbs 11:31
"Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!"
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Proverbs 12:3
"A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved."
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Proverbs 12:5
"The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful."
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Proverbs 12:6
"The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them."
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Proverbs 12:7
"The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand."
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Proverbs 12:10
"A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel."
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Proverbs 12:12
"The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes."
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Proverbs 12:13
"An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble."
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Proverbs 12:21
"No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil."
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Proverbs 12:26
"A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray."
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Proverbs 13:6
"Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner."
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Proverbs 13:9
"The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out."
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Proverbs 13:22
"A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous."
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Proverbs 13:25
"The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry."
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Proverbs 14:2
"He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him."
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Proverbs 14:9
"Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will."
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Proverbs 14:11
"The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish."
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Proverbs 14:19
"The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous."
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Proverbs 14:32
"The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge."
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Proverbs 15:6
"In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble."
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Proverbs 15:8
"The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight."
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Proverbs 15:9
"The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loves him who follows after righteousness."
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Proverbs 15:19
"The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway."
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Proverbs 15:28
"The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil."
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Proverbs 15:29
"The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous."
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Proverbs 16:8
"Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice."
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Proverbs 16:12
"It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness."
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Proverbs 16:13
"Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth."
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Proverbs 16:17
"The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul."
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Proverbs 16:31
"Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness."
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Proverbs 17:15
"He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord."
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Proverbs 17:26
"Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity."
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Proverbs 18:10
"The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe."
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Proverbs 21:3
"To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice."
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Proverbs 21:8
"The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright."
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Proverbs 21:12
"The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin."
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Proverbs 21:15
"It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity."
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Proverbs 21:18
"The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright."
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Proverbs 21:21
"He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor."
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Proverbs 21:26
"There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and do not withhold."
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Proverbs 21:29
"A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways."
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Proverbs 23:24
"The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him."
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Proverbs 24:15
"Do not lie in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place:"
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Proverbs 24:16
"for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity."
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Proverbs 24:24
"He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him-"
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Proverbs 25:5
"Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness."
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Proverbs 25:26
"Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked."
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Proverbs 28:1
"The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion."
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Proverbs 28:10
"Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good."
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Proverbs 28:12
"When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves."
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Proverbs 28:28
"When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive."
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Proverbs 29:2
"When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan."
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Proverbs 29:6
"An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad."
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Proverbs 29:7
"The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge."
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Proverbs 29:10
"The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright."
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Proverbs 29:16
"When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall."
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Proverbs 29:27
"A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked."
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Proverbs 31:9
"Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.""
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Isaiah 1:26
"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, a faithful town.'"
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Isaiah 5:16
"but the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness."
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Isaiah 10:1
"Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;"
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Isaiah 10:22
"For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness."
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Isaiah 11:4
"but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked."
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Isaiah 11:5
"Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist."
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Isaiah 16:5
"A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness."
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Isaiah 24:16
"From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, "I pine away! I pine away! Woe is me!" The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously."
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Isaiah 26:2
"Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith."
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Isaiah 26:7
"The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level."
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Isaiah 26:9
"With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness."
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Isaiah 26:10
"Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see the Lord's majesty."
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Isaiah 28:17
"I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place."
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Isaiah 32:1
"Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice."
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Isaiah 32:16
"Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field."
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Isaiah 32:17
"The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever."
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Isaiah 33:5
"The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness."
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Isaiah 33:15
"He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil-"
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Isaiah 41:2
"Who has raised up one from the east? Whom he called to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow."
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Isaiah 41:10
"Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness."
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Isaiah 42:6
""I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;"
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Isaiah 42:21
"It pleased the Lord, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable."
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Isaiah 45:8
"Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it."
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Isaiah 45:13
"I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways. He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward," says the Lord of hosts."
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Isaiah 45:19
"I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I, the Lord, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right."
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Isaiah 45:23
"By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear."
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Isaiah 45:24
"Only in the Lord, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be disappointed."
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Isaiah 46:13
"I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory."
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Isaiah 48:1
""Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness"
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Isaiah 48:18
"Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea:"
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Isaiah 51:1
""Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the Lord: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from."
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Isaiah 51:5
"My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust."
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Isaiah 51:6
"Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished."
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Isaiah 51:7
""Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; do not fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults."
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Isaiah 51:8
"For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations.""
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Isaiah 53:11
"After the suffering of his soul, he will see light and be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my servant, the righteous one, make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities."
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Isaiah 54:14
"In righteousness you shall be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it shall not come near you."
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Isaiah 54:17
"No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness which is of me," says the Lord."
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Isaiah 55:7
"let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."
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Isaiah 56:1
"Thus says the Lord, "Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed."
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Isaiah 57:1
"The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil."
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Isaiah 57:2
"He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness."
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Isaiah 57:12
"I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you."
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Isaiah 58:2
"Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God."
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Isaiah 58:8
"Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard."
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Isaiah 59:4
"None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity."
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Isaiah 59:9
"Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity."
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Isaiah 59:14
"Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter."
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Isaiah 59:16
"He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it upheld him."
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Isaiah 59:17
"He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle."
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Isaiah 60:17
"For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler."
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Isaiah 60:21
"Your people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified."
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Isaiah 61:3
"to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified."
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Isaiah 61:10
"I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful 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 with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."
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Isaiah 61:11
"For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations."
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Isaiah 62:1
"For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns."
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Isaiah 62:2
"The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name."
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Isaiah 63:1
"Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.""
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Isaiah 64:5
"You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time; and shall we be saved?"
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Isaiah 64:6
"For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away."
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Jeremiah 2:5
"Thus says the Lord, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?"
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Jeremiah 9:24
"but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the Lord who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight," says the Lord."
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Jeremiah 11:20
""But, the Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.""
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Jeremiah 12:1
"You are righteous, Lord, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?"
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Jeremiah 20:12
"But, the Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause."
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Jeremiah 22:3
"Thus says the Lord: "Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place."
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Jeremiah 22:13
"Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;"
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Jeremiah 22:15
"Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him."
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Jeremiah 23:5
""Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land."
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Jeremiah 23:6
"In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: 'The Lord our righteousness.'"
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Jeremiah 31:23
"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: 'The Lord bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.'"
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Jeremiah 33:15
"In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land."
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Jeremiah 33:16
"In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name by which she shall be called: "The Lord our righteousness.""
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Jeremiah 50:7
"All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, "We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of righteousness, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.""
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Jeremiah 51:10
"'The Lord has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.'"
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Ezekiel 13:22
"Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive:"
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Ezekiel 14:14
"though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord God.""
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Ezekiel 14:20
"though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness."
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Ezekiel 16:52
"You also, bear you your own shame, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that you: yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters."
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Ezekiel 18:20
"The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him."
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Ezekiel 18:22
"None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live."
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Ezekiel 18:24
"But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die."
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Ezekiel 18:26
"When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die."
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Ezekiel 21:3
"and tell the land of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked."
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Ezekiel 21:4
"Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:"
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Ezekiel 23:45
"Righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands."
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Ezekiel 28:15
"You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you."
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Ezekiel 28:18
"By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you."
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Ezekiel 33:12
""You, son of man, tell the children of your people, 'The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sins.'"
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Ezekiel 33:13
"When I tell the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he has committed, therein shall he die."
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Ezekiel 33:18
"When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein."
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Ezekiel 45:9
""Thus says the Lord God: 'Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord God."
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Daniel 10:11
"He said to me, "Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for I have now been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling."
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Daniel 12:3
"And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever."
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Hosea 10:12
"Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and rains righteousness on you."
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Hosea 14:9
"Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them."
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Zechariah 8:8
"and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.""
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Matthew 3:15
"But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him."
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Matthew 10:41
"He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward."
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Matthew 13:17
"For truly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and did not see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them."
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Matthew 13:43
"Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear."
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Matthew 13:49
"So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,"
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Matthew 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. When you saw it, you did not even repent afterward, that you might believe him."
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Matthew 23:28
"Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity."
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Matthew 23:29
""Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,"
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Matthew 23:35
"that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar."
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Matthew 25:37
""Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?"
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Matthew 25:46
"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.""
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Matthew 27:19
"While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.""
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Mark 2:17
"But when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.""
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Mark 6:20
"for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed, but he heard him gladly."
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Luke 14:14
"and you will be blessed, because they do not have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.""
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Luke 15:7
"I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance."
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Luke 16:9
"I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal tents."
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Luke 16:11
"If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?"
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Luke 18:9
"He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others."
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Luke 18:11
"The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector."
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Luke 20:20
"They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor."
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Luke 23:47
"When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man.""
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Luke 23:50
"Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man"
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John 16:8
"When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;"
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John 16:10
"about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me any more;"
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John 17:25
"Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me."
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Acts 10:22
"They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.""
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Acts 10:35
"but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him."
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Acts 13:10
"and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?"
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Acts 14:10
"said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" He leaped up and walked."
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Acts 17:31
"because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.""
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Acts 22:14
"He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth."
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Acts 24:25
"As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, "Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.""
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Romans 1:29
"being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,"
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Romans 2:5
"But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;"
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Romans 2:8
"but to those who are self-seeking, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,"
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Romans 3:22
"even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all those who believe. For there is no distinction,"
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Romans 3:26
"to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus."
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Romans 5:18
"So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life."
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Romans 5:21
"that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
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Romans 10:3
"For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God."
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Romans 10:4
"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes."
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Romans 10:5
"For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, "The one who does them will live by them.""
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Romans 10:6
"But the righteousness which is of faith says this, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down);"
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Romans 10:10
"For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
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Romans 14:17
"for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."
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1 Corinthians 15:34
"Wake up righteously, and do not sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame."
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2 Corinthians 3:9
"For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory."
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2 Corinthians 6:7
"in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,"
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2 Corinthians 9:9
"As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.""
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2 Corinthians 11:15
"It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works."
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Galatians 3:6
"Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.""
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Ephesians 4:24
"and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth."
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Ephesians 5:9
"for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,"
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2 Thessalonians 1:5
"This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer."
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2 Thessalonians 1:6
"Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,"
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2 Thessalonians 2:12
"that they all might be judged who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
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1 Timothy 1:9
"as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,"
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2 Timothy 4:8
"From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing."
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Titus 2:12
"instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;"
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Titus 3:5
"not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of rebirth and renewing by the Holy Spirit,"
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Hebrews 7:2
"to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace;"
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Hebrews 10:38
"But my righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.""
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Hebrews 11:4
"By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks."
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Hebrews 11:7
"By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith."
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Hebrews 11:33
"who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,"
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Hebrews 12:11
"All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby."
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James 2:23
"and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God."
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1 Peter 2:23
"Who, when he was cursed, did not curse back. When he suffered, did not threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;"
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1 Peter 2:24
"who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by his stripes you were healed."
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1 Peter 3:14
"But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear, neither be troubled.""
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1 Peter 4:18
""If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?""
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2 Peter 2:5
"and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a proclaimer of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;"
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2 Peter 2:7
"and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked"
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2 Peter 2:8
"(for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):"
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2 Peter 2:9
"the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;"
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2 Peter 3:13
"But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells."
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Revelation 15:3
"They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations."
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Revelation 15:4
"Who would not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.""
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Revelation 16:5
"I heard the angel of the waters saying, "You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you have judged these things."
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Revelation 16:7
"I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.""
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Revelation 19:2
"for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.""
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Revelation 19:8
"It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints."
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Revelation 19:11
"I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war."
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Revelation 22:11
"He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.""
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