36 Bible Verses about Righteousness

He that says he continues in him, ought also himself so to walk as he walked.

and not as through one that sinned is the gift; for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the gift was from many sins to a righteous ordinance; for if by one fall death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ;??18 therefore, as through the fall of one [judgment came] on all men to condemnation, so also through the righteous ordinance of one [the gift comes] on all men to justification of life;

For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by faith.

But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption,

If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who does righteousness has been born of him.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be cured, for the prayer of the righteous operates with great power.

Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

And in this also I endeavor always to have a conscience without offense towards God and man.

and she had been a widow eighty-four years, and departed not from the temple, serving God night and day with fastings and prayers.

Stand, therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and having put on the cuirass of righteousness,

But do you, O man of God, avoid these things; but pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, meekness.

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.

Having been justified therefore by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

So that the law was our schoolmaster to lead to Christ, that we might be justified by faith;

And such were some of you; but you are washed, you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

for the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears attend to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

For Moses describes the righteousness of the law, that the man that does these things shall live by them.

For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him.

as it is written, He scattered abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness continues forever.

for the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears attend to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

For by grace are you saved through the faith; and that not of you; [it is] the gift of God; not of works, that no one may boast;

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace given us in Christ Jesus from eternity,

that all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Bararchiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, may come upon you.

not as Cain was of the evil one and killed his brother; and why did he kill him? because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He that continues in me and I in him, this man bears much fruit; for separated from me, you can do nothing.

And no correction seems to be joyful for the present but painful, but afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

But now having been made free from sin and made servants to God, you have your fruit in sanctification, and the end eternal life.

And may he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating multiply your grain, and increase the products of your righteousness;

filled with the fruit of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

but of the Son, Thy throne, God, is forever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude.

For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

Is this blessedness then on the circumcision? or also on the uncircumcision? [Also on the uncircumcision.] For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

And he received the symbol of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which was in uncircumcision, so that he became the father of all that believe in uncircumcision, that righteousness may also be accounted to them,

and he did not doubt the promise of God by unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,

as it is written, There is none righteous not one,

but to those who are contentions and disobey the truth, and obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath.

that they all may be condemned who believe not the truth but have pleasure in wickedness.

for if by one fall death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ;??18 therefore, as through the fall of one [judgment came] on all men to condemnation, so also through the righteous ordinance of one [the gift comes] on all men to justification of life; for as through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the one shall the many be constituted righteous.

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all. And every priest stood daily performing service and presenting often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; but this [priest] having offered one sacrifice forever for sins, sat down on the right hand of God, read more.
henceforth waiting till his enemies are made his footstool. For by one offering he has perfected forever the sanctified.

filled with the fruit of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

On this account I tell you, be not anxious for your soul, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on, is not the soul more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of heaven; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into store-houses; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they? Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature? read more.
And why are you anxious concerning clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they perform no hard labor, neither do they spin; but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, men of little faith? Be not anxious, therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or with what shall we be clothed? For after all these things the gentiles seek; and your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first righteousness and his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you.

But do you, O man of God, avoid these things; but pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, meekness.

But avoid youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

I do not reject the grace of God; for if rightousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

Is the law then against the promises of God? By no means. For if a law had been given, able to give life, righteousness would really have been by the law;

And those who went by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, You that destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. And the chief priests in like manner also mocked him, with the scribes and elders, and said, read more.
He saved others, himself he cannot save. If he is the king of Israel let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe on him; he trusted in God; let him deliver him if he wishes for him; for he said, I am a Son of God. The robbers also that were crucified with him did the same, and reproached him.

Wherefore by the works of the law there shall no flesh be justified is his sight, for by the law there is an acknowledgment of sin.

but Israel who pursued the law of righteousness did not attain to the law of righteousness. For what reason? Because they are not of faith, but as it were of works of the law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

Know you not that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, his servants you are whom you obey, whether of sin in death or of obedience in righteousness?

and having become free from sin you served righteousness.

who himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, that we having died to sins, may live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

teaching us, that denying impiety and worldly desires we should live soberly, and righteously, and piously in the present life,

And he received the symbol of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which was in uncircumcision, so that he became the father of all that believe in uncircumcision, that righteousness may also be accounted to them,

Wherefore also it was accounted to him for righteousness.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He that does righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous;

If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who does righteousness has been born of him.

And the king coming in to see the guests observed there a man who had not on a wedding garment, and said to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and cast him into the darkness outside. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. read more.
For many are called, but few chosen.

And he also spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

for not knowing God's righteousness, and seeking to set up their righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God's righteousness.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be cured, for the prayer of the righteous operates with great power.

And will not God execute the judgment of his elect, who cry day and night to him, even though he waits long on them?

Awake to righteousness and sin not; for some have not a knowledge of God. I speak to your shame.

Awake to righteousness and sin not; for some have not a knowledge of God. I speak to your shame.

But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption,

In the midst of its broad plain and along the river on each side was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, and yielding monthly each of its fruits, and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what participation has righteousness with wickedness? or what communion has light with darkness?

in the word of truth, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law.

as to zeal persecuting the church, as to righteousness by the law being blameless. But whatever things were my gain, these I have considered a loss for the sake of Christ. But for the same reason also I consider all things to be a loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them worthless that I may gain Christ

Stand, therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and having put on the cuirass of righteousness,

and put on the new man, created after God in righteousness and true holiness.

All Scripture is divinely inspired and is profitable for instruction, for conviction, for correction, for education in righteousnes,

But he that received the seed in the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it, who also bears fruit, and produces some one hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty-fold.

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in that day, and not me only but all who love his appearing.

For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by faith.

who by faith subdued kingdoms, performed righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

And no correction seems to be joyful for the present but painful, but afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

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

But even if you suffer on account of righteousness, you are blessed. But fear not with their fear, neither be troubled;

By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, through which he was declared to be righteous, God testifying to his gifts, and through the same, having died, he speaks still.

But some fell on good ground, and bore fruit; some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty-fold.

But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he suffered him;

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

and spared not the old world, but preserved Noah a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, bringing the flood on the world of the ungodly,

Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

What shall we say then? That nations who did not pursue righteousness attained a righteousness, but the righteousness which is by faith;

For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.

By this are the children of God manifest, and the children of the devil; no one that does not righteousness is of God, and no one that loves not his brother.

I speak after the manner of men on account of the weakness of your flesh. For as you presented your members servants to impurity and to wickedness in wickedness, so now present your members servants to righteousness in sanctification.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes.

Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

neither present your members as instruments of wickedness to sin, but present yourselves to God as living from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who does righteousness has been born of him.

I tell you most truly, that unless the kernel of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it continues alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

but in every nation he that fears him and does righteousness is acceptable to him.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He that does righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous;

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.

As David describes the blessedness of the man to whom the Lord accounts righteousness without works,

said, O full of all deceit and all craft, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be persuaded, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away; and every branch that bears fruit he trims, that it may bear more fruit.

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.