690 verses contain “righteous” (in the KJV: 607, in the BSB: 538) — showing 101–200
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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.
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 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.
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 mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
The wicked watcheth the
righteous, and seeketh to
slay him.
Though the wicked lie in wait for the
righteous, and seek to
slay them,
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
The salvation of the
righteous is from the LORD; He is their
stronghold in time of trouble.
I have preached
righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not
refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
I
proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
I have not
hid thy
righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
And in thy majesty
ride prosperously because of truth and
meekness and
righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Thou lovest
righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.
You have loved
righteousness and
hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has
anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
And the heavens shall declare his
righteousness: for God is judge himself.
Selah.
And the heavens
proclaim His
righteousness, for God Himself is Judge.
Selah Deliver me from
bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing
aloud of thy
righteousness.
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak
righteousness.
Selah.
You love evil more than good,
falsehood more than speaking truth.
Selah The
righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall
laugh at him:
The
righteous will see and fear; they will
mock the
evildoer, saying,
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall
sustain thee: he shall never suffer the
righteous to be moved.
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will
sustain you; He will never let the
righteous be
shaken.
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
The
righteous shall
rejoice when he
seeth the
vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
The
righteous will
rejoice when they see they are
avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
So that a man shall say,
Verily there is a reward for the
righteous:
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
The
righteous shall be
glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
Let the
righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart
exult.
By terrible things in
righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are
afar off upon the sea:
With
awesome deeds of
righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the
farthest seas.
O let the nations be
glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people
righteously, and
govern the nations upon earth.
Selah.
Let the nations be
glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth.
Selah Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
Let them be
blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the
righteous.
May they be
blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the
righteous.
Deliver me in thy
righteousness, and cause me to escape:
incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
In Your justice,
rescue and deliver me;
incline Your ear and save me.
My mouth shall
shew forth thy
righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will
proclaim Your
righteousness—Yours alone.
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
My tongue also shall talk of thy
righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my
hurt.
My tongue will indeed
proclaim Your
righteousness all day long, for those who seek my
harm are disgraced and confounded.
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your
righteousness.
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
May he judge Your people with
righteousness and Your
afflicted with justice.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
In his days shall the
righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
May the
righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the
righteous shall be
exalted.
“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the
righteous will be
exalted.”
Mercy and truth are met together;
righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.
Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together;
righteousness and peace have
kissed.
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Faithfulness
sprouts from the earth, and
righteousness looks down from heaven.
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy
righteousness in the land of
forgetfulness?
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your
righteousness in the land of
oblivion?
Justice and judgment are the
habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
In thy name shall they
rejoice all the day: and in thy
righteousness shall they be
exalted.
They
rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your
righteousness they
exult.
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the
righteous, and
condemn the innocent blood.
They band together against the
righteous and
condemn the innocent to death.
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with
equity.
Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
Clouds and darkness are round about him:
righteousness and judgment are the
habitation of his throne.
Clouds and darkness
surround Him;
righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
The heavens
proclaim His
righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
Light is sown for the
righteous, and
gladness for the upright in heart.
Light shines on the
righteous,
gladness on the upright in heart.
Rejoice in the LORD, you
righteous ones, and praise His holy name.
The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with
righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with
equity.
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with
righteousness and the peoples with
equity.
The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou
dost establish
equity, thou executest judgment and
righteousness in Jacob.
The mighty King loves justice. You have established
equity; You have exercised justice and
righteousness in Jacob.
The LORD executeth
righteousness and judgment for all that are
oppressed.
The LORD executes
righteousness and justice for all the
oppressed.
But the mercy of the LORD is from
everlasting to
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his
righteousness unto children’s children;
But from
everlasting to
everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His
righteousness to their children’s children—
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Blessed are those who
uphold justice, who practice
righteousness at all times.
And that was counted unto him for
righteousness unto all generations for
evermore.
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
The
righteous shall see it, and
rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
The upright see and
rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Wealth and riches are in his house, and his
righteousness endures
forever.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is
gracious, and full of
compassion, and
righteous.
Surely he will never be
shaken; the
righteous man will be remembered
forever.
He hath
dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his
righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be
exalted with honour.
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his
righteousness endures
forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
The voice of
rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the
righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth
valiantly.
Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the
righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with
valor!
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Open to me the gates of
righteousness, that I may enter and give
thanks to the LORD.
This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:
quicken me in thy
righteousness.
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
At
midnight I will rise to give
thanks unto thee because of thy
righteous judgments.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast
afflicted me.
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are
righteous, and that in faithfulness You have
afflicted me.
I have
sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy
righteous judgments.
I have
sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your
righteous judgments.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
Thy
testimonies that thou hast commanded are
righteous and very faithful.
The
testimonies You have laid down are
righteous and altogether faithful.
Thy
righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Your
righteousness is
everlasting and Your law is true.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
For the
scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land
allotted to the
righteous, so that the
righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
The LORD is
righteous: he hath cut
asunder the cords of the wicked.
The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.