Bible Verses About Righteousness

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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?”

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.”

You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

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 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.”

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.

Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

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.

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

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 does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.

For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?