Righteousness

 

 

Genesis 7:1  And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

 

Genesis 18:23  And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

 

Genesis 18:24  Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

 

Genesis 18:25  That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

 

Genesis 18:26  And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

 

Genesis 18:28  Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

 

Genesis 20:4  But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

 

Exodus 23:7  Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

 

Exodus 23:8  And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

 

Numbers 23:10  Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

 

Deuteronomy 16:19  Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

 

Deuteronomy 25:1  If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

 

2 Samuel 4:11  How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

 

1 Kings 2:32  And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

 

1 Kings 8:32  Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

 

2 Chronicles 6:23  Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

 

Job 4:7  Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

 

Job 9:15  Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

 

Job 10:15  If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

 

Job 15:14  What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

 

Job 17:9  The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

 

Job 22:3  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

 

Job 22:19  The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

 

Job 23:7  There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

 

Job 32:1  So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

 

Job 34:5  For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

 

Job 35:7  If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

 

Job 36:7  He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

 

Psalms 1:5  Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

 

Psalms 1:6  For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

 

Psalms 5:12  For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

 

Psalms 7:11  God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

 

Psalms 11:3  If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

 

Psalms 11:5  The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

 

Psalms 14:5  There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

 

Psalms 31:18  Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

 

Psalms 32:11  Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

 

Psalms 33:1  Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

 

Psalms 34:15  The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

 

Psalms 34:17  The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

 

Psalms 34:19  Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

 

Psalms 34:21  Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

 

Psalms 37:16  A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

 

Psalms 37:17  For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

 

Psalms 37:21  The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

 

Psalms 37:25  I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

 

Psalms 37:29  The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

 

Psalms 37:30  The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

 

Psalms 37:32  The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

 

Psalms 37:39  But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

 

Psalms 52:6  The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

 

Psalms 55:22  Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

 

Psalms 58:10  The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

 

Psalms 58:11  So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

 

Psalms 64:10  The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

 

Psalms 68:3  But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

 

Psalms 69:28  Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

 

Psalms 72:7  In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

 

Psalms 75:10  All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

 

Psalms 92:12  The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

 

Psalms 94:21  They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

 

Psalms 97:11  Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

 

Psalms 97:12  Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

 

Psalms 107:42  The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

 

Psalms 112:6  Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

 

Psalms 118:15  The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

 

Psalms 118:20  This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

 

Psalms 125:3  For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

 

Psalms 140:13  Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

 

Psalms 141:5  Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

 

Psalms 142:7  Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

 

Psalms 146:8  The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

 

Proverbs 2:7  He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

 

Proverbs 2:20  That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

 

Proverbs 3:32  For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

 

Proverbs 10:3  The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

 

Proverbs 10:11  The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

 

Proverbs 10:16  The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

 

Proverbs 10:21  The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

 

Proverbs 10:24  The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

 

Proverbs 10:25  As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

 

Proverbs 10:28  The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

 

Proverbs 10:30  The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

 

Proverbs 10:32  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

 

Proverbs 11:8  The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

 

Proverbs 11:10  When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

 

Proverbs 11:21  Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

 

Proverbs 11:23  The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

 

Proverbs 11:28  He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

 

Proverbs 11:30  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

 

Proverbs 11:31  Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

 

Proverbs 12:3  A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

 

Proverbs 12:5  The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

 

Proverbs 12:7  The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

 

Proverbs 12:10  A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

 

Proverbs 12:12  The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

 

Proverbs 12:26  The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

 

Proverbs 13:5  A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

 

Proverbs 13:9  The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. {lamp: or, candle}

 

Proverbs 13:21  Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

 

Proverbs 13:25  The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

 

Proverbs 14:9  Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

 

Proverbs 14:19  The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

 

Proverbs 14:32  The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

 

Proverbs 15:6  In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

 

Proverbs 15:19  The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

 

Proverbs 15:28  The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

 

Proverbs 15:29  The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

 

Proverbs 16:13  Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

 

Proverbs 18:5  It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

 

Proverbs 18:10  The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

 

Proverbs 21:12  The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

 

Proverbs 21:18  The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

 

Proverbs 21:26  He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

 

Proverbs 23:24  The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

 

Proverbs 24:15  Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

 

Proverbs 24:24  He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

 

Proverbs 25:26  A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

 

Proverbs 28:1  The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

 

Proverbs 28:10  Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

 

Proverbs 28:12  When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

 

Proverbs 28:28  When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

 

Proverbs 29:2  When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

 

Proverbs 29:6  In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

 

Proverbs 29:7  The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

 

Proverbs 29:16  When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

 

Ecclesiastes 3:17  I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

 

Ecclesiastes 8:14  There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

 

Ecclesiastes 9:1  For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

 

Ecclesiastes 9:2  All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

 

Isaiah 3:10  Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

 

Isaiah 5:23  Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

 

Isaiah 26:2  Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

 

Isaiah 41:2  Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

 

Isaiah 53:11  He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

 

Isaiah 57:1  The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

 

Isaiah 60:21  Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

 

Jeremiah 12:1  Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

 

Jeremiah 20:12  But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

 

Jeremiah 23:5  Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

 

Ezekiel 3:20  Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

 

Ezekiel 3:21  Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

 

Ezekiel 13:22  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:

 

Ezekiel 18:20  The soul that sinneth, it 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 upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

 

Ezekiel 18:24  But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

 

Ezekiel 18:26  When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

 

Ezekiel 21:3  And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

 

Ezekiel 21:4  Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

 

Ezekiel 23:45  And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

 

Ezekiel 33:12  Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

 

Ezekiel 33:13  When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

 

Ezekiel 33:18  When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

 

Amos 2:6  Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

 

Habakkuk 1:4  Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

 

Malachi 3:18  Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

 

Matthew 10:41  He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

 

Matthew 13:17  For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

 

Matthew 13:43  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

 

Matthew 23:29  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

 

Matthew 23:35  That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

 

Matthew 25:37  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

 

Matthew 25:46  And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

 

Luke 1:6  And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

 

Luke 23:47  Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

 

Romans 5:19  For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

 

1 Timothy 1:9  Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

 

Hebrews 11:4  By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

 

James 5:16  Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

 

1 Peter 3:12  For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

 

1 Peter 4:18  And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

 

2 Peter 2:8  (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

 

1 John 2:29  If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

 

1 John 3:7  Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

 

1 John 3:12  Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

 

Revelation 22:11  He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

 

Genesis 15:6  And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

 

Genesis 30:33  So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

 

Leviticus 19:15  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

 

Deuteronomy 6:25  And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

 

Deuteronomy 9:4  Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

 

Deuteronomy 9:5  Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

 

Deuteronomy 9:6  Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

 

Deuteronomy 24:13  In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

 

1 Samuel 26:23  The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S anointed.

 

2 Samuel 22:21  The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

 

2 Samuel 22:25  Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

 

1 Kings 3:6  And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

 

1 Kings 8:32  Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

 

2 Chronicles 6:23  Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

 

Job 6:29  Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

 

Job 8:6  If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

 

Job 27:6  My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

 

Job 29:14  I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

 

Job 33:26  He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

 

Psalms 4:1  <<To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.>> Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

 

Psalms 4:5  Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

 

Psalms 5:8  Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

 

Psalms 7:8  The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

 

Psalms 11:7  For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

 

Psalms 15:2  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

 

Psalms 18:20  The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

 

Psalms 18:24  Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

 

Psalms 23:3  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

 

Psalms 24:5  He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

 

Psalms 33:5  He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

 

Psalms 36:10  O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

 

Psalms 40:9  I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

 

Psalms 45:7  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

 

Psalms 52:3  Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

 

Psalms 58:1  <<To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.>> Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

 

Psalms 106:3  Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

 

Psalms 106:31  And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

 

Psalms 118:19  Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:

 

Proverbs 2:9  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

 

Proverbs 8:8  All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

 

Proverbs 8:18  Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

 

Proverbs 8:20  I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

 

Proverbs 10:2  Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

 

Proverbs 11:4  Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

 

Proverbs 11:5  The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

 

Proverbs 11:6  The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

 

Proverbs 11:18  The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

 

Proverbs 11:19  As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

 

Proverbs 12:17  He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

 

Proverbs 12:28  In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

 

Proverbs 13:6  Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

 

Proverbs 14:34  Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

 

Proverbs 15:9  The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

 

Proverbs 16:8  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

 

Proverbs 16:12  It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

 

Proverbs 16:31  The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

 

Proverbs 21:21  He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

 

Proverbs 25:5  Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

 

Ecclesiastes 3:16  And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

 

Ecclesiastes 7:15  All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

 

Isaiah 1:21  How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

 

Isaiah 1:26  And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

 

Isaiah 1:27  Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

 

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 judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

 

Isaiah 5:23  Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

 

Isaiah 26:9  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

 

Isaiah 26:10  Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

 

Isaiah 28:17  Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

 

Isaiah 32:1  Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

 

Isaiah 32:16  Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

 

Isaiah 32:17  And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

 

Isaiah 42:6  I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

 

Isaiah 45:8  Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

 

Isaiah 45:13  I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

 

Isaiah 45:24  Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

 

Isaiah 46:12  Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

 

Isaiah 46:13  I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

 

Isaiah 48:1  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

 

Isaiah 48:18  O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

 

Isaiah 51:1  Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

 

Isaiah 51:7  Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

 

Isaiah 54:14  In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.