Righteousness
262 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
128 sections
- Abel
- An Evidence of the New Birth
- Blessedness of Being Persecuted For
- Blessedness of Doing
- Blessedness of Having Imputed, Without Works
- Blessedness of Hungering and Thirsting After
- Blessedness of Suffering For
- Blessedness of Turning Others To
- Brings Its own Reward
- Cannot Come by the Law
- Chastisements Yield the Fruit of
- Christ is Made to his People
- Christ is the End of the Law For
- Christ is the Sun of
- Christ was Girt With
- Christ was Sustained By
- Christ: Fulfilled All
- Christ: Has Brought in Everlasting
- Christ: Loves
- Christ: Preached
- Christ: Put On, As Breast-Plate
- Christ: Shall Execute
- Christ: Shall Judge With
- Christ: Shall Reign In
- Counted (Regarded) for the Sake of Obedience
- David
- Fruits of
- Garment of
- God Looks For
- God Loves
- Has No Fellowship with Unrighteousness
- Jacob
- Judgment should be Executed In
- Judgments Designed to Lead To
- Keep Saints in the Right Way
- Lot
- Ministers should be Armed With
- Ministers should be Clothed With
- Ministers should be Preachers of
- Ministers should Follow After
- Ministers should Pray for the Fruit of, in Their People
- Ministers should Reason of
- Nations Exalted By
- No Justification by Works of
- No Salvation by Works of
- None, by Nature Have
- Promised to Saints
- Promised to the Church
- Saints are Covered with the Robe of
- Saints are Led in the Paths of
- Saints are Renewed In
- Saints are Servants of
- Saints: Characterised By
- Saints: Count Their Own, As Filthy Rags
- Saints: Do
- Saints: Follow After
- Saints: Have, Imputed
- Saints: Have, in Christ
- Saints: Hunger and Thirst After
- Saints: Know
- Saints: Offer the Sacrifice of
- Saints: Pray for the Spirit of
- Saints: Put No Trust in Their Own
- Saints: Put On
- Saints: Receive, from God
- Saints: Shall Receive a Crown of
- Saints: Shall See God's Face In
- Saints: should Have on the Breast-Plate of
- Saints: should Live In
- Saints: should Seek
- Saints: should Serve God In
- Saints: should Yield Their Members As Instruments of
- Saints: should Yield Their Members Servants To
- Saints: Wait for the Hope of
- Saints: Walk Before God In
- Saints: Work, by Faith
- Shall be Glad in the Lord
- Symbolized
- Tends to Life
- The Blessing of God is not to be Attributed to Our Works of
- The Effect of, Shall be Quietness and Assurance for Ever
- The Fruit of the Spirit is in All
- The Kingdom of God Is
- The Scriptures Instruct In
- The Throne of Kings Established By
- The Wicked are Enemies of
- The Wicked are Far From
- The Wicked are Free From
- The Wicked do not Obey
- The Wicked Follow not After
- The Wicked Hate Those Who Follow
- The Wicked Leave off
- The Wicked Love Lying Rather Than
- The Wicked Make Mention of God, not It
- The Wicked should Awake To
- The Wicked should Break off Their Sins By
- The Wicked should Sow to Themselves In
- The Wicked Slay Those Who Follow
- The Wicked Speak Contemptuously Against Those Who Follow
- The Wicked Though Favoured, Will not Learn
- The Wicked Vainly Wish to Die As Those Who Follow
- The Work of, Shall be Peace
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Abundantly Provided For
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Accepted with God
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Blessed by God
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Bold As a Lion
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Delivered out of all Troubles
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Enriched
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Exalted by God
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Heard by God
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Loved by God
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Never Forsaken by God
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Objects of God's Watchful Care
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Righteous
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are the Excellent of the Earth
- They Who Walk In, and Follow are Tried by God
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Dwell in Security
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Find It with Life and Honor
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Have Their Desires Granted
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Have Their Prayers Heard
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Know the Secret of the Lord
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Shall be Ever Remembered
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Shall Flourish As a Branch
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Shall Hold on Their Way
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Shall Never be Moved
- They Who Walk In, and Follow: Think and Desire Good
- Unregenerate Man Seeks Justification by Works of
- Zacharias
Abel
- Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
An Evidence of the New Birth
- 1 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
Blessedness of Being Persecuted For
- Matthew 5:10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessedness of Doing
- Psalm 106:3 Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
Blessedness of Having Imputed, Without Works
- Romans 4:6 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
Blessedness of Hungering and Thirsting After
- Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessedness of Suffering For
- 1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
Blessedness of Turning Others To
- 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.
Brings Its own Reward
- Proverbs 11:18 The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
- Isaiah 3:10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Cannot Come by the Law
- Galatians 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
- Galatians 3:21 Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
Chastisements Yield the Fruit of
- Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
Christ is Made to his People
- 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.
Christ is the End of the Law For
- Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
Christ is the Sun of
- 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.
Christ was Girt With
- Isaiah 11:5 Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
Christ was Sustained By
- Isaiah 59:16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
Christ: Fulfilled All
- Matthew 3:15 “Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
Christ: Has Brought in Everlasting
- Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint …
Christ: Loves
- Psalm 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
Christ: Preached
- Psalm 40:9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
Christ: Put On, As Breast-Plate
- Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
Christ: Shall Execute
- Psalm 99:4 The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Jeremiah 23:6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Christ: Shall Judge With
- Psalm 72:2 May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
- Isaiah 11:4 but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
- Acts 17:31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Revelation 19:11 Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
Christ: Shall Reign In
- Psalm 45:6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Isaiah 32:1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
- Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Counted (Regarded) for the Sake of Obedience
- Deuteronomy 6:25 And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
- Job 33:26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
David
- 2 Samuel 22:21 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
Fruits of
- Deuteronomy 6:25 And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
- Joshua 22:31 Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered …
- 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.
- 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 101:3–4 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. …
- Psalm 106:3 Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
- Psalm 112:4–8 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright — for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous. …
- Proverbs 2:5–20 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God. …
- Proverbs 10:2 Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Proverbs 10:16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
- Proverbs 11:5–6 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness. …
- Proverbs 11:18–19 The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward. …
- Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
- Proverbs 12:28 There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
- Proverbs 13:6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
- Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
- Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
- Isaiah 28:17 I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
- Isaiah 32:16–18 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field. …
- Isaiah 33:15–17 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 55:12–13 You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. …
- Isaiah 58:6–14 Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? …
- Isaiah 62:1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
- Ezekiel 18:5–9 Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: …
- Ezekiel 33:15 if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity— then he will surely live; he will not die.
- 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.
- Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- Malachi 3:3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
- 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.
- Matthew 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 12:35 The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
- Matthew 12:50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
- Mark 3:33–35 But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” …
- Luke 3:10–14 The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” …
- Luke 8:15 But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
- 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 3:33 Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
- 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 8:49 “I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
- John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
- John 14:21–24 Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.” …
- 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. …
- John 15:8 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
- John 15:12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
- Acts 9:36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
- Acts 11:29–30 So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. …
- Acts 19:19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
- Romans 5:1–5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, …
- Romans 6:19–22 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. …
- Romans 7:4–6 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. …
- Romans 8:4–6 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. …
- Romans 14:17–19 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. …
- Romans 15:1–7 We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. …
- 1 Corinthians 4:19–20 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have. …
- 1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1–13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. …
- 2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10–11 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. …
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient 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 4:6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
- Galatians 5:22–23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, …
- Galatians 6:7–8 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. …
- Ephesians 1:13–14 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth — the gospel of your salvation — you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, …
- Ephesians 5:9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
- Philippians 1:11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- Philippians 1:27–29 Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending together as one for the …
- Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Philippians 3:12–14 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. …
- Philippians 4:11–13 I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. …
- Colossians 1:12–13 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. …
- Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- Colossians 3:5 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- Colossians 3:9–17 Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, …
- 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 1:9–10 For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God …
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3–5 We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing. …
- 1 Timothy 2:9–10 Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, …
- 1 Timothy 5:9–10 A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband, …
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- 2 Timothy 4:6–8 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. …
- Titus 2:2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
- Titus 2:11–12 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. …
- Titus 3:14 And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.
- Philemon 5–6 because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. …
- James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- James 2:14–26 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? …
- James 3:11–18 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? …
- 1 Peter 3:1–11 Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives …
- 1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- 1 Peter 4:2 Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
- 2 Peter 1:5–9 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; …
- 1 John 2:3–6 By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. …
- 1 John 2:10–11 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. …
- 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 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- 1 John 3:3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
- 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 3:9–11 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 3:17–24 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? …
- 1 John 4:4–21 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. …
- 1 John 5:1–5 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. …
- 1 John 5:10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
- 1 John 5:13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
- 1 John 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch 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.
- 3 John 11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
- Revelation 2:2–3 I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles. …
- Revelation 2:19 I know your deeds — your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance — and your latest deeds are greater than your first.
Garment of
- Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
- Matthew 22:11–14 But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes. …
God Looks For
- Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
God Loves
- Psalm 11:7 For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
Has No Fellowship with Unrighteousness
- 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Jacob
- Genesis 30:33 So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
Judgment should be Executed In
- Leviticus 19:15 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Judgments Designed to Lead To
- Isaiah 26:9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Keep Saints in the Right Way
- Proverbs 11:5 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
- Proverbs 13:6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
Lot
- 2 Peter 2:8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
Ministers should be Armed With
- 2 Corinthians 6:7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
Ministers should be Clothed With
- Psalm 132:9 May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.
Ministers should be Preachers of
- 2 Peter 2:5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
Ministers should Follow After
- 1 Timothy 6:11 But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Ministers should Pray for the Fruit of, in Their People
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- Philippians 1:11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Ministers should Reason of
- Acts 24:25 As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”
Nations Exalted By
- Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
No Justification by Works of
- Romans 3:20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
- Romans 9:31–32 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. …
- Galatians 2:16 know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law …
No Salvation by Works of
- Ephesians 2:8–9 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, …
- 2 Timothy 1:9 He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Titus 3:5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
None, by Nature Have
- Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Psalm 14:3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
- Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
Promised to Saints
- 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 61:3 to console the mourners in Zion — to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, …
Promised to the Church
- Isaiah 32:16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
- Isaiah 45:8 Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
- Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
- Isaiah 62:1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
Saints are Covered with the Robe of
- Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself …
Saints are Led in the Paths of
- Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
Saints are Renewed In
- Ephesians 4:24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Saints are Servants of
- Romans 6:16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
- Romans 6:18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
Saints: Characterised By
- Genesis 18:25 Far be it from You to do such a thing — to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- Psalm 1:5–6 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. …
Saints: Count Their Own, As Filthy Rags
- Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
Saints: Do
- 1 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- 1 John 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
Saints: Follow After
- 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.
Saints: Have, Imputed
- Romans 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness …
- Romans 4:22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Saints: Have, in Christ
- Isaiah 45:24 Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
- Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- 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.
Saints: Hunger and Thirst After
- Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Saints: Know
- Isaiah 51:7 Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
Saints: Offer the Sacrifice of
- Psalm 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
- Psalm 51:19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Saints: Pray for the Spirit of
- Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Saints: Put No Trust in Their Own
- Philippians 3:6–8 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless. …
Saints: Put On
- Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
Saints: Receive, from God
- Psalm 24:5 He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.
Saints: Shall Receive a Crown of
- 2 Timothy 4:8 From now on 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 to all who crave His appearing.
Saints: Shall See God's Face In
- Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
Saints: should Have on the Breast-Plate of
- Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
Saints: should Live In
- Titus 2:12 It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
- 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
Saints: should Seek
- Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
Saints: should Serve God In
- Luke 1:75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
Saints: should Yield Their Members As Instruments of
- Romans 6:13 Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
Saints: should Yield Their Members Servants To
- Romans 6:19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
Saints: Wait for the Hope of
- Galatians 5:5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
Saints: Walk Before God In
- 1 Kings 3:6 Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving …
Saints: Work, by Faith
- Hebrews 11:33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
Shall be Glad in the Lord
- Psalm 64:10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.
Symbolized
- Ezekiel 47:12 Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will …
- Revelation 22:2 down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Tends to Life
- Proverbs 11:19 Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
- Proverbs 12:28 There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
The Blessing of God is not to be Attributed to Our Works of
- Deuteronomy 9:5 It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the …
The Effect of, Shall be Quietness and Assurance for Ever
- Isaiah 32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
The Fruit of the Spirit is in All
- Ephesians 5:9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
The Kingdom of God Is
- Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
The Scriptures Instruct In
- 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
The Throne of Kings Established By
- Proverbs 16:12 Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
- Proverbs 25:5 Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
The Wicked are Enemies of
- Acts 13:10 and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
The Wicked are Far From
- Psalm 119:150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
- Isaiah 46:12 Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
The Wicked are Free From
- Romans 6:20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
The Wicked do not Obey
- Romans 2:8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:12 in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
The Wicked Follow not After
- Romans 9:30 What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
The Wicked Hate Those Who Follow
- Psalm 34:21 Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
The Wicked Leave off
- Amos 5:7 There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
The Wicked Love Lying Rather Than
- Psalm 52:3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
The Wicked Make Mention of God, not It
- Isaiah 48:1 “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel — but not in truth or righteousness —
The Wicked should Awake To
- 1 Corinthians 15:34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
The Wicked should Break off Their Sins By
- Daniel 4:27 Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
The Wicked should Sow to Themselves In
- Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
The Wicked Slay Those Who Follow
- Psalm 37:32 Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
- 1 John 3:12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
- Matthew 23:35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
The Wicked Speak Contemptuously Against Those Who Follow
- Psalm 31:18 May lying lips be silenced — lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- Matthew 27:39–44 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads …
The Wicked Though Favoured, Will not Learn
- Isaiah 26:10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
- Psalm 106:43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
The Wicked Vainly Wish to Die As Those Who Follow
- Numbers 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
The Work of, Shall be Peace
- Isaiah 32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Abundantly Provided For
- Proverbs 13:25 A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
- Matthew 6:25–33 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? …
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Accepted with God
- Acts 10:35 but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Blessed by God
- Psalm 5:12 For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Bold As a Lion
- Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Delivered out of all Troubles
- Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
- Proverbs 11:8 The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Enriched
- Psalm 112:3 Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
- Proverbs 15:6 The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Exalted by God
- Job 36:7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Heard by God
- Luke 18:7 Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
- James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Loved by God
- Psalm 146:8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
- Proverbs 15:9 The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Never Forsaken by God
- Psalm 37:25 I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Objects of God's Watchful Care
- Job 36:7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
- Psalm 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Proverbs 10:3 The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
- 1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Righteous
- 1 John 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are the Excellent of the Earth
- Psalm 16:3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
- Proverbs 12:26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
They Who Walk In, and Follow are Tried by God
- Psalm 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Dwell in Security
- 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— …
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Find It with Life and Honor
- Proverbs 21:21 He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Have Their Desires Granted
- Proverbs 10:24 What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Have Their Prayers Heard
- Psalm 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
- Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- 1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Know the Secret of the Lord
- Psalm 25:14 The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- Proverbs 3:32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Shall be Ever Remembered
- Psalm 112:6 Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Shall Flourish As a Branch
- Proverbs 11:28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Shall Hold on Their Way
- Job 17:9 Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Shall Never be Moved
- Psalm 15:2 He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
- Psalm 15:5 who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Proverbs 10:30 The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
- Proverbs 12:3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
They Who Walk In, and Follow: Think and Desire Good
- Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
- Proverbs 12:5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
Unregenerate Man Seeks Justification by Works of
- Luke 18:9 To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
- Romans 10:3 Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Zacharias
- Luke 1:6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.