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Bible Verses About Righteousness

Key Bible verses about righteousness include Romans 4:6, Jeremiah 23:6 and Romans 3:26. Each verse is quoted below; open one to see the passages it cross-references.

Key Verses About Righteousness (30)

1
Romans 4:6

“Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,”

2
Jeremiah 23:6

“In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

3
Romans 3:26

“To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”

4
Psalms 11:7

“For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.”

5
Jeremiah 33:16

“In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.”

6
Romans 3:5

“But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)”

7
Jeremiah 33:15

“In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.”

8
Isaiah 56:1

“Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.”

9
Psalms 119:142

“Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.”

10
Psalms 119:137

“Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.”

11
Jeremiah 51:10

“The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.”

12
Romans 1:17

“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”

13
Jeremiah 23:5

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.”

14
Proverbs 2:9

“Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.”

15
Psalms 85:13

“Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.”

16
Daniel 9:7

“O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.”

17
Proverbs 13:6

“Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.”

18
Jeremiah 12:1

“Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?”

19
Isaiah 26:7

“The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.”

20
Proverbs 14:34

“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”

21
2 Samuel 22:25

“Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.”

22
Isaiah 53:11

“He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.”

23
2 Chronicles 6:23

“Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.”

24
Psalms 33:5

“He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.”

25
Psalms 119:7

“I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.”

26
2 Timothy 4:8

“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”

27
Revelation 16:5

“And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.”

28
Romans 3:25

“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”

29
Proverbs 11:6

“The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.”

30
Psalms 18:24

“Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.”

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