Bible Verses About Righteousness

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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 .

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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.

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.