Bible Verses About Righteousness

“Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.”

“Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.”

“If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.”

“For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

“But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

“He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil— he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured. Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.”

“For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.”

“Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period. He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.”

“For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

“To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.”

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

“Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

“It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.”

“As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.”

“Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.”

“Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

“The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.”

“Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.”

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.”

“Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.”

“The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.”

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.”

“Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.”

“For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

“Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.”

“There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.”

“For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!”

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

“And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.”

“However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.”

“I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.”

“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

“And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”

“I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”

“Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.”

“The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.”

“And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.”

“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.”

“For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.”

“For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.”

“He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.”

“Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.”

“The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.”

“So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

“For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.”

“Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.”

“In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.”

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.”

“The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.”

“Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.”