Bible Verses About Righteousness - Discover God's Word on Living a Righteous Life
Living a righteous life is an essential part of being a faithful Christian. The Bible is filled with verses that offer guidance and wisdom for those who seek to live a life that is pleasing to God. In these verses, we learn about the importance of treating others with kindness, living a life of integrity, and seeking God's will in all that we do. Through these teachings, we gain valuable insights into how to navigate the challenges of daily life and build a strong relationship with God. Explore this collection of Bible verses about righteousness to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to live a godly life.
Righteousness in the Bible
66 Bible Scriptures about Righteousness
Deuteronomy, Chapter: 27, verse: 25
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Read the chapter2 Samuel, Chapter: 22, verse: 21
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Read the chapter2 Samuel, Chapter: 22, verse: 25
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
Read the chapterJob, Chapter: 8, verse: 6
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Read the chapterJob, Chapter: 11, verse: 2
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Read the chapterJob, Chapter: 15, verse: 14
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 18, verse: 20
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 18, verse: 24
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 35, verse: 24
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 37, verse: 16
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 37, verse: 29
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 71, verse: 24
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 85, verse: 13
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
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Psalm, Chapter: 92, verse: 12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 106, verse: 3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 106, verse: 31
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 107, verse: 42
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 112, verse: 3
Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 119, verse: 40
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 2, verse: 20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 3, verse: 32
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 8, verse: 18
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 10, verse: 3
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 10, verse: 11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 10, verse: 25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 10, verse: 32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 11, verse: 5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 11, verse: 10
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 12, verse: 3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 12, verse: 7
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 12, verse: 26
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 15, verse: 6
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 16, verse: 8
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 16, verse: 12
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 16, verse: 31
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 18, verse: 5
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 21, verse: 8
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 24, verse: 16
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 28, verse: 12
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 29, verse: 2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 29, verse: 27
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Read the chapterIsaiah, Chapter: 1, verse: 26
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Read the chapterIsaiah, Chapter: 10, verse: 22
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Read the chapterIsaiah, Chapter: 46, verse: 12
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
Read the chapterIsaiah, Chapter: 53, verse: 9
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Read the chapterIsaiah, Chapter: 57, verse: 12
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Read the chapterJeremiah, Chapter: 23, verse: 6
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Read the chapterEzekiel, Chapter: 13, verse: 22
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
Read the chapterEzekiel, Chapter: 14, verse: 14
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
Read the chapterEzekiel, Chapter: 14, verse: 20
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
Read the chapterEzekiel, Chapter: 18, verse: 5
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Read the chapterAmos, Chapter: 5, verse: 24
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Read the chapterHabakkuk, Chapter: 1, verse: 13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Read the chapterZephaniah, Chapter: 3, verse: 5
The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
Read the chapterMatthew, Chapter: 5, verse: 6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Read the chapterMatthew, Chapter: 23, verse: 28
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Read the chapterRomans, Chapter: 3, verse: 5
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
Read the chapterRomans, Chapter: 4, verse: 6
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Read the chapterRomans, Chapter: 4, verse: 22
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Read the chapterRomans, Chapter: 10, verse: 3
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Read the chapter2 Corinthians, Chapter: 3, verse: 9
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Read the chapterHebrews, Chapter: 1, verse: 9
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Read the chapterHebrews, Chapter: 12, verse: 11
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Read the chapter2 Peter, Chapter: 2, verse: 8
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
Read the chapterRevelation, Chapter: 19, verse: 8
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
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