Righteous

322 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

52 sections

Access of, to God

Psalm 31:19–20 How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You! …
Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Babies

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Branches of a Vine

John 15:2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
John 15:4–5 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. …

Calves of the Stall

Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Cedars in Lebanon

Psalm 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Corn (Grain)

Hosea 14:7 They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Described

Exodus 33:16 For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
1 Samuel 13:14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
Ezra 10:3 So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
Psalm 1:1–2 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. …
Psalm 4:3 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
Psalm 15:1–5 O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain? …
Psalm 24:3–5 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? …
Psalm 37:26 They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
Psalm 37:30–31 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. …
Psalm 64:10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.
Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
Psalm 87:5–6 And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.” …
Psalm 112:1–10 Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments. …
Psalm 119:1–3 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. …
Proverbs 2:9–12 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity— every good path. …
Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 25:26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
Isaiah 33:15–16 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil— …
Isaiah 51:1 “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
Isaiah 54:13 Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
Isaiah 62:12 And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
Isaiah 63:8 For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
Jeremiah 31:12–14 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD — the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and …
Jeremiah 31:33–34 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. …
Ezekiel 18:5–9 Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: …
Ezekiel 44:9 This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary — not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
Zechariah 3:2 And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”
Zechariah 3:7–8 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here. …
Matthew 5:3–10 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …
Matthew 5:13–16 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. …
Matthew 7:16–20 By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? …
Matthew 7:24–27 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. …
Matthew 12:50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 13:23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop — a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
Matthew 13:38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Mark 10:14–15 But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. …
Luke 6:45 The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Luke 18:16–17 But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. …
John 3:21 But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
John 8:31–32 So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. …
John 8:39 “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
John 8:47 Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
John 10:4–5 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. …
John 10:27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
John 15:14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Acts 8:36–37 As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?” …
Acts 10:47 “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
Acts 11:23–24 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts. …
Acts 18:7–8 So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God. …
Romans 1:6–7 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. …
Romans 6:1–23 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? …
Romans 8:5–6 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. …
Romans 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
Romans 8:14–16 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. …
Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
Romans 8:35–39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? …
Romans 9:8 So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
Romans 15:14 I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
Romans 16:19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
1 Corinthians 1:26–27 Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. …
1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
1 Corinthians 2:12–13 We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. …
1 Corinthians 6:9–11 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, …
1 Corinthians 15:48–49 As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. …
2 Corinthians 1:12 For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God — not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 4:1–2 Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart. …
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Galatians 5:22–26 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, …
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
Ephesians 2:4–6 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, …
Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
Ephesians 2:13–14 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. …
Ephesians 2:19–22 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, …
Ephesians 3:17–19 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, …
Ephesians 4:13–16 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. …
Ephesians 4:22–32 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; …
Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
Philippians 3:3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh —
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think on these things.
Colossians 1:9–13 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, …
Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
1 Thessalonians 1:3 and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. …
1 Thessalonians 5:27 I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
2 Timothy 2:21–25 So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work. …
Philemon 5–6 because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. …
Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
Hebrews 3:6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9–10 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. …
1 Peter 4:1–2 Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. …
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
1 John 2:3 By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
1 John 2:5–6 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: …
1 John 2:12–15 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name. …
1 John 3:2–3 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. …
1 John 3:6–7 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. …
1 John 3:9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
1 John 3:18–19 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. …
1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
2 John 9 Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
Revelation 1:6 who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father — to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
Revelation 14:4–5 These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. …
Revelation 17:14 They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

Dew and Showers

Micah 5:7 Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

Doves

Psalm 68:13 Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
Isaiah 60:8 Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?

Eagles

Psalm 103:5 who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Few

Matthew 7:14 But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Fruitful Trees

Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Jeremiah 17:8 He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

Gold

Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Lamentations 4:2 How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

Good Figs

Jeremiah 24:2–7 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten. …

Good Fish

Matthew 13:48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

Good Servants

Matthew 25:21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Green Olive Trees

Psalm 52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Hosea 14:6 His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

Jewels

Malachi 3:17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

Lambs

Isaiah 40:11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
John 21:15 When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

Lebanon

Hosea 14:5–7 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. …

Lights

Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

Lilies

Song of Solomon 2:2 Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
Hosea 14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Lions

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Micah 5:8 Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to …

Little Children

Matthew 18:3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

Living Stones

1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Members of the Body

1 Corinthians 12:20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

Mount Zion

Psalm 125:1–2 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. …

Obedient Children

1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

Palm Trees

Psalm 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Pomegranates

Song of Solomon 4:13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

Promises To, Expressed or Implied

Genesis 15:1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Genesis 22:17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Exodus 23:22 But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
Leviticus 26:5–6 Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. …
Leviticus 26:10 You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.
Deuteronomy 28:1–13 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. …
Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
1 Samuel 2:9 He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
Ezra 8:22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all …
Job 5:11–27 He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. …
Job 8:4–7 When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion. …
Job 8:20–21 Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers. …
Job 11:15–20 then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid. …
Job 22:21–30 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you. …
Job 36:7–12 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. …
Psalm 4:3 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
Psalm 5:12 For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
Psalm 15:2–5 He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart, …
Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 25:10–14 All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees. …
Psalm 28:8 The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
Psalm 29:11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
Psalm 32:6–8 Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near. …
Psalm 32:10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
Psalm 33:18–19 Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion …
Psalm 34:9–10 Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing. …
Psalm 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Psalm 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
Psalm 37:3–5 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. …
Psalm 37:9 For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
Psalm 37:18 The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
Psalm 37:23–29 The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. …
Psalm 37:34 Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
Psalm 41:1–2 Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble. …
Psalm 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalm 58:11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Psalm 65:4 Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
Psalm 73:24 You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
Psalm 81:10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Psalm 85:9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:3–7 Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague. …
Psalm 91:9–12 Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High— …
Psalm 94:17–18 Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. …
Psalm 97:10–11 Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. …
Psalm 111:5 He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
Psalm 112:6 Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
Psalm 121:3–8 He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. …
Psalm 125:1–3 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. …
Psalm 128:1–6 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways! …
Psalm 145:18–21 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. …
Proverbs 1:33 But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
Proverbs 2:21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
Proverbs 3:1–10 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; …
Proverbs 3:25–26 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked, …
Proverbs 10:3 The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
Proverbs 12:2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
Proverbs 14:26 He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 16:7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Proverbs 21:21 He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 28:25 A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
Ecclesiastes 7:18 It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
Ecclesiastes 8:5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Isaiah 4:5–6 Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy, …
Isaiah 11:6–9 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. …
Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 33:16 he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Isaiah 33:21–22 But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass. …
Isaiah 33:24 And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
Isaiah 35:10 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
Isaiah 40:10–11 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him. …
Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 41:10–11 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. …
Isaiah 41:13 For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah 44:2–3 This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. …
Isaiah 49:9–12 to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill. …
Isaiah 50:7–9 Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame. …
Isaiah 51:11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
Isaiah 54:1–17 “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD. …
Isaiah 56:2–8 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” …
Isaiah 57:1–2 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil. …
Isaiah 58:8–14 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. …
Isaiah 59:20–21 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD. …
Isaiah 64:4 From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
Isaiah 65:13–14 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. …
Isaiah 65:17–25 For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. …
Isaiah 66:13–14 As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.” …
Jeremiah 17:7–8 But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. …
Ezekiel 18:5–9 Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: …
Ezekiel 18:19–20 Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live. …
Ezekiel 34:11–17 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. …
Ezekiel 34:22–31 I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another. …
Daniel 12:1–3 “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time …
Hosea 6:3 So let us know — let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
Haggai 1:13 Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.
Haggai 2:4–5 But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts. …
Zechariah 3:7 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
Malachi 3:12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Malachi 3:16–18 At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name. …
Malachi 4:2–3 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. …
Matthew 5:3–12 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …
Matthew 7:7–8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. …
Matthew 8:11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 10:28–32 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. …
Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Matthew 18:10 See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
Matthew 18:19–20 Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. …
Matthew 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 24:21–22 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. …
Matthew 25:21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
Matthew 25:33–34 He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. …
Matthew 25:46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Mark 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
Mark 9:41 Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
Mark 10:21 Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Mark 10:29–30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel …
Mark 11:23–24 “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him. …
Mark 13:13 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Mark 13:27 And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
Luke 3:17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Luke 6:20–23 Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. …
Luke 10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Luke 11:9–10 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. …
Luke 12:7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Luke 12:32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

Relation of, to God

Leviticus 20:24–26 But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance — a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples. …

Righteous and Wicked, Circumstances of, Contrasted

Job 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Psalm 17:14–15 from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children. …

Runners in a Race

1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Salt

Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

Sheep

Psalm 78:52 He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Matthew 25:33 He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.
John 10:1 “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

Soldiers

2 Timothy 2:3–4 Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. …

Stars

Daniel 12:3 Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

Stones of a Crown

Zechariah 9:16 On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.

Strangers and Pilgrims

1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

The Sun

Judges 5:31 So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

Thirsting Deer

Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

Treasure

Exodus 19:5 Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations — for the whole earth is Mine.
Psalm 135:4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

Trees Planted Beside Rivers

Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Unfailing Springs

Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Unity of, with Christ

John 6:51–57 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.” …
John 14:20 On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
John 15:1–11 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. …
John 15:19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
John 17:21–23 that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. …
John 17:26 And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Romans 12:5 so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
1 Corinthians 6:13–20 “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. …
1 Corinthians 10:16–17 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? …
1 Corinthians 12:12–13 The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ. …
1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you — unless you fail the test?
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of His body.
Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
Colossians 1:27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Colossians 2:6–7 Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him, …
1 Peter 4:13 But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
1 John 2:6 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
1 John 2:24 As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
1 John 2:28 And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
1 John 3:6 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
1 John 3:24 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
1 John 4:13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
1 John 5:12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true — in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
2 John 9 Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
Revelation 19:7–9 Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. …
Revelation 21:9 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Vessels of Gold and Silver

2 Timothy 2:20 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

Vines

Song of Solomon 6:11 I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
Hosea 14:7 They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Watered Gardens

Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Wheat

Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 13:29–30 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them. …

Willows by the Water Courses

Isaiah 44:4 They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.

Wrestlers

2 Timothy 2:5 Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.

Righteous

Access of, to God

Babies

Branches of a Vine

Calves of the Stall

Cedars in Lebanon

Corn (Grain)

Described

Dew and Showers

Doves

Eagles

Few

Fruitful Trees

Gold

Good Figs

Good Fish

Good Servants

Green Olive Trees

Jewels

Lambs

Lebanon

Lights

Lilies

Lions

Little Children

Living Stones

Members of the Body

Mount Zion

Obedient Children

Palm Trees

Pomegranates

Promises To, Expressed or Implied

Relation of, to God

Righteous and Wicked, Circumstances of, Contrasted

Runners in a Race

Salt

Sheep

Soldiers

Stars

Stones of a Crown

Strangers and Pilgrims

The Sun

Thirsting Deer

Treasure

Trees Planted Beside Rivers

Unfailing Springs

Unity of, with Christ

Vessels of Gold and Silver

Vines

Watered Gardens

Wheat

Willows by the Water Courses

Wrestlers

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