RIGHTEOUSNESS: 50 Bible Verses In View
Righteousness Calls You To Action
Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness.
Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love will find life, righteousness, and honor.
“Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together. I, the Lord, created them.
The heavens proclaim his righteousness; every nation sees his glory.
I walk in righteousness, in paths of justice.
in holiness and righteousness for as long as we live.
I will present profound arguments for the righteousness of my Creator.
Give your love of justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king’s son.
Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed!
Righteousness Paves the Way for Victory
Truth springs up from the earth, and righteousness smiles down from heaven.
Righteousness goes as a herald before him, preparing the way for his steps.
They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.
Dark clouds surround him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
The Lord has announced his victory and has revealed his righteousness to every nation!
The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails.
Zin will be restored by justice; those who repent will be revived by righteousness.
He will wear righteousness like a belt and truth like an undergarment.
Justice will rule in the wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field.
Righteousness Distinguishes the Peacemakers
And this righteousness will bring peace. Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion.
Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more.
And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.
“But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
PUT ON RIGHTEOUSNESS
26. Job 29:14 (NLT) Everything I did was honest. Righteousness covered me like a robe, and I wore justice like a turban.
27 Psalms 88:12 (NLT) Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
28. Psalms 89:14 (NLT) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.
29. Psalms 99:4 (NLT) Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel.
30. Psalms 145:7 (NLT) Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy about your righteousness.
31. Isaiah 33:5 (NLT) Though the Lord is very great and lives in heaven, he will make Jerusalem his home of justice and righteousness.
32. Ezekiel 14:14 (NLT) Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign Lord.
33. Luke 18:9 (NLT)Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else:
34. Galatians 5:5 (NLT) But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.
35. Philippians 3:6 (NLT) I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.
36. Hosea 10:12 (NLT)I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.’
37. Psalms 36:6 (NLT) Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike, O Lord.
38. Psalms 71:15 (NLT) I will tell everyone about your righteousness. All day long I will proclaim your saving power, though I am not skilled with words.
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS UNIVERSAL
39. Psalms 71:19 (NLT) Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens. You have done such wonderful things. Who can compare with you, O God?
40. Isaiah 1:21 (NLT) See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a prostitute. Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers.
41. Isaiah 5:16 (NLT) But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted by his justice. The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.
42. Isaiah 62:2 (NLT) The nations will see your righteousness. World leaders will be blinded by your glory. And you will be given a new name by the Lord’s own mouth.
43. Jeremiah 23:6 (NLT) And this will be his name: ‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’ In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.
44. Jeremiah 33:16 (NLT) In that day Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this will be its name: ‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’
45. Daniel 12:3 (NLT) Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever.
46. John 16:8 (NLT) And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
47. Romans 5:18 (NLT) Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone.
48. 2 Corinthians 6:14 (NLT) Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness
49. 2 Corinthians 11:15 (NLT) So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.
50. 1 Timothy 6:11 (NLT) But you, Timothy, are a man of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.