Bible Verses About Works

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.”

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.

Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.

Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.

Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.

Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.

He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.