And he believed the Lord; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.

No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.’

“Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land’; whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.

Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

“Know therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn people.

when the sun goes down, you shall restore to him the pledge that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord gave you into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord’s anointed.

“The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

And Solomon said, “Thou hast shown great and steadfast love to thy servant David my father, because he walked before thee in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward thee; and thou hast kept for him this great and steadfast love, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne this day.

then hear thou in heaven, and act, and judge thy servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct upon his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel for ever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”

then hear thou from heaven, and act, and judge thy servants, requiting the guilty by bringing his conduct upon his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God! Because your God loved Israel and would establish them for ever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”

Tobit’s Youth and Virtuous Life

I, Tobit, walked in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of my life, and I performed many acts of charity to my brethren and countrymen who went with me into the land of the Assyrians, to Nin′eveh.

Prayer is good when accompanied by fasting, almsgiving, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with wrongdoing. It is better to give alms than to treasure up gold.

For almsgiving delivers from death, and it will purge away every sin. Those who perform deeds of charity and of righteousness will have fulness of life;

If you turn to him with all your heart and with all your soul, to do what is true before him, then he will turn to you and will not hide his face from you. But see what he will do with you; give thanks to him with your full voice. Praise the Lord of righteousness, and exalt the King of the ages. I give him thanks in the land of my captivity, and I show his power and majesty to a nation of sinners. Turn back, you sinners, and do right before him; who knows if he will accept you and have mercy on you?

All the Gentiles will praise the Lord, and his people will give thanks to God, and the Lord will exalt his people. And all who love the Lord God in truth and righteousness will rejoice, showing mercy to our brethren.

So now, my children, consider what almsgiving accomplishes and how righteousness delivers.” As he said this he died in his bed. He was a hundred and fifty-eight years old; and Tobi′as gave him a magnificent funeral.

Then many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to dwell there,

Was not Abraham found faithful when tested, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness?

I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.

Elihu Condemns Self-Righteousness

And Eli′hu said:

Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.

Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of my enemies; make thy way straight before me.

The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Plea for Justice and Declaration of Righteousness

A Psalm of David.

Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

In thee, O Lord, do I seek refuge; let me never be put to shame; in thy righteousness deliver me!

He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

Vindicate me, O Lord, my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me!

Then my tongue shall tell of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God, thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast thou savest, O Lord.

you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows;

The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge!Selah

In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline thy ear to me, and save me!

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come, I will praise thy righteousness, thine alone.

and thy righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like thee?

Prayer for Guidance and Support for the King

A Psalm of Solomon.

Give the king thy justice, O God, and thy righteousness to the royal son!

May he judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with justice!

Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!

In his days may righteousness flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!

Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.

Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky.

Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee.

who exult in thy name all the day, and extol thy righteousness.

before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.

Clouds and thick darkness are round about him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

The heavens proclaim his righteousness; and all the peoples behold his glory.

before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Mighty King, lover of justice, thou hast established equity; thou hast executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,

Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation for ever.

Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures for ever.

Wealth and riches are in his house; and his righteousness endures for ever.

He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Behold, I long for thy precepts; in thy righteousness give me life!

Thou hast appointed thy testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.

Thy righteousness is righteous for ever, and thy law is true.

Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy.

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

A Psalm of David.

Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications! In thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness!

For thy name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In thy righteousness bring me out of trouble!

They shall pour forth the fame of thy abundant goodness, and shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

receive instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.

A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

He who is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.

In the path of righteousness is life, but the way of error leads to death.

Righteousness guards him whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.

take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Judgment and the Future Belong to God

Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

The Riddles of Life

In my vain life I have seen everything; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing.

Exhortation to Uprightness

Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord with uprightness, and seek him with sincerity of heart;

For righteousness is immortal.

So it was we who strayed from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness did not shine on us, and the sun did not rise upon us.

he will put on righteousness as a breastplate, and wear impartial justice as a helmet;

And if any one loves righteousness, her labors are virtues; for she teaches self-control and prudence, justice and courage; nothing in life is more profitable for men than these.

and rule the world in holiness and righteousness, and pronounce judgment in uprightness of soul,

For thy strength is the source of righteousness, and thy sovereignty over all causes thee to spare all.

For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes.

For to know thee is complete righteousness, and to know thy power is the root of immortality.

Do not assert your righteousness before the Lord, nor display your wisdom before the king.

Three Depressing Things

At two things my heart is grieved, and because of a third anger comes over me: a warrior in want through poverty, and intelligent men who are treated contemptuously; a man who turns back from righteousness to sin— the Lord will prepare him for the sword!

May the Lord grant you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness, so that their prosperity may not vanish, and that their glory may endure throughout their generations.

The Degenerate City

How the faithful city has become a harlot, she that was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, a cry!

But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.

Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David, and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

then a throne will be established in steadfast love and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness.”

My soul yearns for thee in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks thee. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals perversely and does not see the majesty of the Lord.

And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

Government with Justice Predicted

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.

The Peace of God’s Reign

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.

And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust for ever.

The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness;

“I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations,

Israel’s Disobedience

The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.

“Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may sprout forth, and let it cause righteousness to spring up also; I the Lord have created it.

I have aroused him in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.

By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.’

“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed, all who were incensed against him.

O that you had hearkened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;

“Hearken to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not dismayed at their revilings.

In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

The Covenant Extended to All Who Obey

Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.

I will tell of your righteousness and your doings, but they will not help you.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God.

Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we look for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intervene; then his own arm brought him victory, and his righteousness upheld him.

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury as a mantle.

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness.

to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Thou meetest him that joyfully works righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou wast angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?

The Righteousness of God’s Judgment

I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here am I, here am I,” to a nation that did not call on my name.

but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practice steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, says the Lord.”

Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

The Righteous Branch of David

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes: ‘The Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O holy hill!’

In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring forth for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

Confession of Sins

“And you shall say: ‘Righteousness belongs to the Lord our God, but confusion of face, as at this day, to us, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

“‘Righteousness belongs to the Lord our God, but confusion of face to us and our fathers, as at this day.

but the person that is greatly distressed, that goes about bent over and feeble, and the eyes that are failing, and the person that hungers, will ascribe to thee glory and righteousness, O Lord.

They had no regard for his statutes; they did not walk in the ways of God’s commandments, nor tread the paths of discipline in his righteousness.

Put on the robe of the righteousness from God; put on your head the diadem of the glory of the Everlasting.

For your name will for ever be called by God, “Peace of righteousness and glory of godliness.”

For God will lead Israel with joy, in the light of his glory, with the mercy and righteousness that come from him.

Again, if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, says the Lord God.

even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.

The soul that sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness which he has done he shall live.

But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and does the same abominable things that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds which he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, he shall die.

When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die for it; for the iniquity which he has committed he shall die.

And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness; and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.

Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in the iniquity that he has committed he shall die.

When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die for it.

“Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness; cease your evictions of my people, says the Lord God.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you; break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your tranquillity.”

To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those that are near and those that are far away, in all the lands to which thou hast driven them, because of the treachery which they have committed against thee.

O my God, incline thy ear and hear; open thy eyes and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name; for we do not present our supplications before thee on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of thy great mercy.

“Seventy weeks of years are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

And I will betroth you to me for ever; I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy.

Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain salvation upon you.

O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.

Do horses run upon rocks? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his commands; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the wrath of the Lord.

and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.”

But for you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go forth leaping like calves from the stall.

But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness.” Then he consented.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him; and even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.

in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

And when he comes, he will convince the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment:

of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more;

and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead.”

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “He who through faith is righteous shall live.”

Righteousness through Faith

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,

the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction;

whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins;

For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”

And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

So also David pronounces a blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:

Is this blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised, or also upon the uncircumcised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.

He received circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,

God’s Promise Realized through Faith

The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

That is why his faith was “reckoned to him as righteousness.”

If, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

Then as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men.

so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

Slaves of Righteousness

What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!

Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.

When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

But if Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because of righteousness.

Israel’s Unbelief

What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith;

but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Salvation Is for All

Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it.

But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ down)

For the kingdom of God does not mean food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;

He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

For if there was splendor in the dispensation of condemnation, the dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in splendor.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

The Temple of the Living God

Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

As it is written, “He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever.”

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

So it is not strange if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

Thus Abraham “believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”

Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness.

and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

as to zeal a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law blameless.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith;

The Good Fight of Faith

But as for you, man of God, shun all this; aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.

All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit,

Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy comrades.”

for every one who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a child.

and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.

and the scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

And the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

But even if you do suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

Salutation

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven other persons, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

The Rider on the White Horse

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.