32 Righteousness Bible Verses

"Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."

"Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts."

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

"The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously."

"“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”"

"Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame."

"Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness."

"Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon."

"For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!"

"Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice."

"Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."

"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."

"Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!"

"This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’"

"I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."

"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it."

"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it."

"Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness."

"“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”"

"The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot."

"Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked."

"Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield."

"Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers."

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."

"He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless."

"Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord."

"But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside."

"Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else."

"Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery."

"But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves."