But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile.

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.

For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish.

Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house.

Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.

Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry.

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.

The Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’

Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness.

He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless.

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

For the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth.

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.

Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.

The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all.

And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.

Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger.

But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.

The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value, but righteousness delivers from death.

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.

A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”

If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.