690 verses contain “Righteous” (in the KJV: 607, in the BSB: 538) — showing 1–100
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These are the generations of
Noah:
Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and
Noah walked with God.
This is the account of
Noah.
Noah was a
righteous man,
blameless in his generation;
Noah walked with God.
And the LORD said unto
Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen
righteous before me in this generation.
Then the LORD said to
Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you
righteous in this generation.
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as
righteousness.
And Abraham drew near, and said,
Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked?
Abraham
stepped forward and said, “Will You really
sweep away the
righteous with the wicked?
Peradventure there be fifty
righteous within the city:
wilt thou also destroy and not
spare the place for the fifty
righteous that are therein?
What if there are fifty
righteous ones in the city? Will You really
sweep it away and not
spare the place for the sake of the fifty
righteous ones who are there?
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to
slay the
righteous with the wicked: and that the
righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
And the LORD said, If I find in
Sodom fifty
righteous within the city, then I will
spare all the place for their sakes.
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty
righteous ones within the city of
Sodom, on their account I will
spare the whole place.”
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty
righteous:
wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
But
Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord,
wilt thou
slay also a
righteous nation?
Now
Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
So shall my
righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my
hire before thy face: every one that is not
speckled and
spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted
stolen with me.
So my
honesty will
testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not
speckled or
spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered
stolen.”
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have
sinned this time: the LORD is
righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have
sinned,” he said. “The LORD is
righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and
righteous slay thou not: for I will not
justify the wicked.
Stay far away from a false
accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not
acquit the guilty.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Do not accept a
bribe, for a
bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the
righteous.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
And what nation is great enough to have
righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you
today?
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
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.”
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my
righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD
doth drive them out from before thee.
When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
Not for thy
righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart,
dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God
doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD
sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
It is not because of your
righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He
swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
You are to
appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with
righteous judgment.
Thou shalt not
wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift
doth blind the eyes of the wise, and
pervert the words of the
righteous.
Do not deny justice or show
partiality. Do not accept a
bribe, for a
bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the
righteous.
In any case thou shalt deliver him the
pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own
raiment, and
bless thee: and it shall be
righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
be sure to return it to him by
sunset, so that he may sleep in his own
cloak and
bless you, and this will be credited to you as
righteousness before the LORD your God.
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall
justify the
righteous, and
condemn the wicked.
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be
acquitted and the guilty condemned.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of
righteousness: for they shall
suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures
hid in the sand.
They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they
rehearse the
righteous acts of the LORD, even the
righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
Now present
yourselves, so that I may
confront you before the LORD with all the
righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
The LORD render to every man his
righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S
anointed.
May the LORD repay every man for his
righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand
today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s
anointed.
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
The LORD rewarded me according to my
righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he
recompensed me.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
Therefore the LORD hath
recompensed me according to my
righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more
righteous and better than he, and
slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit,
Abner the son of
Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and
Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
The LORD will bring his
bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more
righteous and better than he when he put to the sword
Abner son of
Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and
Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,
condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and
justifying the
righteous, to give him according to his
righteousness.
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants,
condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and
justifying the
righteous man by rewarding him according to his
righteousness.
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be
righteous: behold, I
conspired against my master, and
slew him: but who
slew all these?
The next morning,
Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who
conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by
recompensing his way upon his own head; and by
justifying the
righteous, by giving him according to his
righteousness.
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants,
condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and
justifying the
righteous man by rewarding him according to his
righteousness.
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them
forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and
righteousness.”
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is
righteous.
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
O LORD, God of Israel, You are
righteous! For we remain this day as a
remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the
Canaanites, the
Hittites, the
Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art
righteous:
You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the
Canaanites and
Hittites, of the
Amorites and
Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are
righteous.
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Consider now, I
plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
Shall
mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
‘Can a
mortal be more
righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity;
yea, return again, my
righteousness is in it.
Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my
righteousness is at
stake.
If thou
wert pure and upright; surely now he would
awake for thee, and make the
habitation of thy
righteousness prosperous.
if you are pure and upright, even now He will
rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your
righteous estate.
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
“
Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a
mortal be
righteous before God?
Whom, though I were
righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make
supplication to my judge.
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only
beg my Judge for mercy.
If I
justify myself, mine own mouth shall
condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me
perverse.
Even if I were
righteous, my mouth would
condemn me; if I were
blameless, it would declare me guilty.
If I be wicked,
woe unto me; and if I be
righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine
affliction;
If I am guilty,
woe to me! And even if I am
righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my
affliction.
I am as one
mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is
laughed to
scorn.
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Is it any pleasure to the
Almighty, that thou art
righteous? or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Does it delight the
Almighty that you are
righteous? Does He profit if your ways are
blameless?
The
righteous see it, and are
glad: and the innocent
laugh them to
scorn.
The
righteous see it and are
glad; the innocent
mock them:
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered
forever from my Judge.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
I will
cling to my
righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not
accuse me.
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
I put on
righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a
robe and a
diadem.
I put on
righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my
robe and my
turban.
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
Thy wickedness may
hurt a man as thou art; and thy
righteousness may profit the son of man.
Your wickedness affects only a man like
yourself, and your
righteousness only a son of man.
I will
fetch my knowledge from
afar, and will
ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I get my knowledge from
afar, and I will
ascribe justice to my Maker.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the
righteous: but with kings are they on the throne;
yea, he
doth establish them for ever, and they are
exalted.
He does not take His eyes off the
righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them
forever.
Touching the
Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in
plenty of justice: he will not
afflict.
The
Almighty is beyond our reach; He is
exalted in power! In His justice and great
righteousness He does not
oppress.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
For thou, LORD,
wilt bless the
righteous; with favour
wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
For surely You, O LORD,
bless the
righteous; You
surround them with the shield of Your favor.
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my
righteousness, and according to mine
integrity that is in me.
The LORD judges the peoples;
vindicate me, O LORD, according to my
righteousness and
integrity.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the
righteous God trieth the hearts and
reins.
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
God judgeth the
righteous, and God is
angry with the wicked every day.
God is a
righteous judge and a God who feels
indignation each day.
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
I will
thank the LORD for His
righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
For You have
upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging
righteously.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with
equity.
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
For the
righteous LORD loveth
righteousness; his countenance
doth behold the upright.
For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
There they are,
overwhelmed with
dread, for God is in the company of the
righteous.
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
He who walks with
integrity and practices
righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of
feigned lips.
Hear, O LORD, my
righteous plea;
listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of
deceit.
As for me, I will behold thy face in
righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I
awake, with thy likeness.
As for me, I will behold Your face in
righteousness; when I
awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
The LORD rewarded me according to my
righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he
recompensed me.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
Therefore hath the LORD
recompensed me according to my
righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his
eyesight.
So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
The fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and
righteous altogether.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether
righteous.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
They will come and
proclaim His
righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
He will receive blessing from the LORD and
vindication from the God of his salvation.
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be
ashamed: deliver me in thy
righteousness.
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.