Righteousness

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Proverbs 11:5 OT

  The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

• Proverbs 11:6 OT

  The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

• Proverbs 11:18 OT

  Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

• Proverbs 11:19 OT

  He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

• Proverbs 11:30 OT

  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

• Proverbs 12:28 OT

  In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

• Proverbs 13:6 OT

  Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

• Proverbs 14:34 OT

  Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

• Proverbs 21:3 OT

  To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

• Proverbs 29:7 OT

  The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

• Isaiah 28:17 OT

  I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.

• Isaiah 32:16-18 OT

  Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field. The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. My people will live in a peaceful…

• Isaiah 33:15-17 OT

  He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil— he will…

• Isaiah 55:12 OT

  For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.

• Isaiah 55:13 OT

  Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. It will make a name for Yahweh, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”

• Isaiah 58:6-14 OT

  “Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring…

• Isaiah 62:1 OT

  For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.

• Ezekiel 18:5-9 OT

  “But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right, and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her…

• Ezekiel 33:15 OT

  if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he will surely live. He will not die.

• Daniel 12:3 OT

  Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.

• Hosea 10:12 OT

  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

• Malachi 3:3 OT

  and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

• Malachi 4:2 OT

  But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

• Matthew 5:20 NT

  For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.