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100 Bible Verses about Righteous

Romans 1:17 ESV / 247 helpful votes

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

1 Peter 3:14 ESV / 216 helpful votes

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

Titus 3:5 ESV / 215 helpful votes

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 5:6 ESV / 211 helpful votes

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

James 5:16 ESV / 200 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV / 200 helpful votes

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 189 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Proverbs 10:2 ESV / 180 helpful votes

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

1 Peter 3:12 ESV / 178 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 177 helpful votes

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Psalm 34:15 ESV / 174 helpful votes

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.

Proverbs 21:3 ESV / 172 helpful votes

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

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 168 helpful votes

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Romans 10:4 ESV / 166 helpful votes

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 165 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

1 John 2:29 ESV / 160 helpful votes

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

1 Timothy 6:11 ESV / 156 helpful votes

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

Amos 5:24 ESV / 156 helpful votes

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

1 Corinthians 15:34 ESV / 155 helpful votes

Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

James 3:18 ESV / 152 helpful votes

And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Psalm 112:6 ESV / 150 helpful votes

For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.

Job 37:23 ESV / 150 helpful votes

The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.

Romans 5:19 ESV / 147 helpful votes

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

Malachi 4:2 ESV / 145 helpful votes

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

Psalm 145:17 ESV / 145 helpful votes

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

Psalm 34:19 ESV / 144 helpful votes

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Psalm 5:12 ESV / 141 helpful votes

For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield.

Proverbs 14:34 ESV / 140 helpful votes

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

Psalm 37:5-6 ESV / 139 helpful votes

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

Ezekiel 18:5-9 ESV / 138 helpful votes

“If a man is righteous and does what is just and right— if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, does not lend at interest or take any profit, withholds his hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man, walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.

Isaiah 61:10 ESV / 138 helpful votes

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Psalm 55:22 ESV / 137 helpful votes

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

1 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 135 helpful votes

Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Micah 6:8 ESV / 135 helpful votes

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Galatians 2:21 ESV / 134 helpful votes

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

Deuteronomy 6:1-25:19 ESV / 133 helpful votes

“Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. ...

1 John 3:7 ESV / 132 helpful votes

Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

Acts 10:34-35 ESV / 131 helpful votes

So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

Proverbs 21:21 ESV / 130 helpful votes

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.

Proverbs 21:2 ESV / 128 helpful votes

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Psalm 37:28 ESV / 127 helpful votes

For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

Philippians 3:9 ESV / 125 helpful votes

And be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

Proverbs 10:32 ESV / 124 helpful votes

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 124 helpful votes

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Titus 3:2 ESV / 123 helpful votes

To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

Zechariah 9:1-17 ESV / 123 helpful votes

The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach and Damascus is its resting place. For the Lord has an eye on mankind and on all the tribes of Israel, and on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets. But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions and strike down her power on the sea, and she shall be devoured by fire. Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid; Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish; Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded. The king shall perish from Gaza; Ashkelon shall be uninhabited; ...

Habakkuk 2:4 ESV / 123 helpful votes

“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Psalm 37:16-17 ESV / 123 helpful votes

Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Psalm 5:1-12:8 ESV / 123 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning. Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. ...

Proverbs 10:1-28:28 ESV / 122 helpful votes

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. ...

Proverbs 10:1-20:30 ESV / 122 helpful votes

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. ...

Proverbs 3:31-32 ESV / 122 helpful votes

Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

Psalm 112:1-116:19 ESV / 122 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments! His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous. It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice. ...

Deuteronomy 32:1-34:12 ESV / 121 helpful votes

“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb. For I will proclaim the name of the Lord; ascribe greatness to our God! “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation. ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 119 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

James 1:4 ESV / 118 helpful votes

And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Amos 5:2 ESV / 118 helpful votes

“Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.”

Proverbs 11:2 ESV / 118 helpful votes

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

Psalm 143:1-3 ESV / 115 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

Psalm 37:3 ESV / 115 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

Titus 2:11-12 ESV / 114 helpful votes

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 113 helpful votes

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Matthew 5:20 ESV / 113 helpful votes

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

Philippians 1:11 ESV / 112 helpful votes

Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Hebrews 12:11 ESV / 111 helpful votes

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

James 4:8 ESV / 107 helpful votes

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Psalm 106:3 ESV / 106 helpful votes

Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

1 John 5:18 ESV / 105 helpful votes

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

Habakkuk 2:2 ESV / 105 helpful votes

And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.

Psalm 146:8 ESV / 105 helpful votes

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.

Romans 8:4-6 ESV / 104 helpful votes

In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Romans 5:1-5 ESV / 104 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 104 helpful votes

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Proverbs 2:5-20 ESV / 104 helpful votes

Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; ...

Psalm 146:2 ESV / 104 helpful votes

I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Romans 3:10 ESV / 103 helpful votes

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

Matthew 13:43 ESV / 103 helpful votes

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

Isaiah 33:15-17 ESV / 102 helpful votes

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure. Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar.

Psalm 55:2 ESV / 102 helpful votes

Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 101 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV / 101 helpful votes

See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

Psalm 37:2 ESV / 101 helpful votes

For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

Romans 14:17 ESV / 100 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:9 ESV / 98 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 34:3 ESV / 98 helpful votes

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!

Psalm 34:2 ESV / 98 helpful votes

My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.

1 Corinthians 1:30 ESV / 97 helpful votes

And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

1 Peter 3:2 ESV / 96 helpful votes

When they see your respectful and pure conduct.

Isaiah 64:6 ESV / 95 helpful votes

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Isaiah 32:17 ESV / 95 helpful votes

And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.

Romans 10:10 ESV / 94 helpful votes

For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Psalm 119:10 ESV / 90 helpful votes

With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!

Romans 5:1 ESV / 86 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hosea 14:9 ESV / 86 helpful votes

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 85 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 84 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Hosea 10:12 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

Matthew 25:46 ESV / 76 helpful votes

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

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