Bible Verses About Righteousness

Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.

And my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee, when the time of the bargain shall come; and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accuse me of theft.

Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them.

And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and do all his precepts before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.

For it is not for thy justices, and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he promised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

And Phinees the priest the son of Eleazar said to them: Now we know that the Lord is with us, because you are not guilty of this revolt, and you have delivered the children of Israel from the hand of the Lord.

The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.

And Solomon said: Thou hast shewed great mercy to thy servant David, my father, even as he walked before thee in truth, and justice, and an upright heart with thee: and thou hast kept thy great mercy for him, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.

He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.

He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.

But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.

For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.

But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee.

Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own: who is Lord over us?

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.