118 Righteousness Bible Verses

"Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence."

"Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun."

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

"Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

"The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all."

"The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value."

"Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins."

"A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward."

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people."

"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them."

"Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken."

"In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness."

"But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked."

"For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous."

"Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed."

"Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow."

"Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous."

"But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

"Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death."

"The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse."

"The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love."

"The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry."

"There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death."

"Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun."

"Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor."

"I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths."

"And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness."

"Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness."

"But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!"