Bible verses by topic / Righteousness
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.
There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path.
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.
The Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.
The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot.
See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness.
Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
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.
He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless.
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.
Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.
God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
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.