Bible Verses About Righteousness

That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:

Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things:

Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.

That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words;

And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.

None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life.

That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.

For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked unto sin.

That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given.

The just shall never be moved: but the wicked shall not dwell on the earth.

The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.

The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.

The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.

The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward.

Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death.

The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked is indignation.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall spring up as a green leaf.

The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls is wise.

Man shall not be strengthened by wickedness: and the root of the just shall not be moved.

The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.