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1,167 verses contain “right” (in the KJV: 982, in the BSB: 906) — showing 201–300
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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?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
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.
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
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.
I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
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.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
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.
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
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.
Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
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.
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
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.
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
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 preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
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.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
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,
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
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.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
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.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
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.
Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
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.
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
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.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.