Bible Verses About Righteousness

and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?'

and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.'

And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?'

and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.'

And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it , and bear fruit in continuance.

and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night--bearing long in regard to them?

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;

he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'

Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

Judas saith to him, (not the Iscariot), `Sir, what hath come to pass, that to us thou are about to manifest thyself, and not to the world?'

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.

`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;

but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;