Job 17:9
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9 Yet the righteous holds to his way,
and he that has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
Job 22:19
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19 The righteous see it and are glad;
the innocent laugh them to scorn,
Psalm 5:12
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12 For thou dost bless the righteous, O Lord;
thou dost cover him with favor as with a shield.
Psalm 32:11
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11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
Psalm 34:15
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15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
and his ears toward their cry.
Psalm 37:16
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16 Better is a little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.
Psalm 37:32
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32 The wicked watches the righteous,
and seeks to slay him.
Matthew 13:17
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17 Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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Matthew 25:46
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46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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Romans 5:19
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19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
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Hebrews 11:4
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The Examples of Abel, Enoch, and Noah
4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received approval as righteous, God bearing witness by accepting his gifts; he died, but through his faith he is still speaking.
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James 5:16
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16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.
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1 Peter 3:12
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12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those that do evil.”
1 Peter 4:18
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18 And
“If the righteous man is scarcely saved,
where will the impious and sinner appear?”
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