The Righteousness of God
63 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
45 sections
- Abundant
- Angels Acknowledge
- Beyond Computation
- Christ Acknowledged
- Christ Committed his Cause To
- Enduring for Ever
- Everlasting
- Exhibited in His Acts
- Exhibited in His Commandments
- Exhibited in His Government
- Exhibited in His Judgments
- Exhibited in His Testimonies
- Exhibited in His Ways
- Exhibited in His Word
- Exhibited in The Final Judgment
- Exhibited in The Gospel
- Exhibited in The Punishment of the Wicked
- God Delights in the Exercise of
- His Care and Defence of his People Designed to Teach
- Illustrated
- Leads God to Love Righteousness
- Saints: Acknowledge, in his Dealings
- Saints: Acknowledge, Though the Wicked Prosper
- Saints: Ascribe, to Him
- Saints: Confident of Beholding
- Saints: Declare to Others
- Saints: do not Conceal
- Saints: Magnify
- Saints: Mention, Only
- Saints: Plead in Prayer
- Saints: Recognize, in the Fulfilment of his Promises
- Saints: Talk of
- Saints: Upheld By
- Shown Openly Before the Heathen
- Shown to the Posterity of Saints
- The Habitation of his Throne
- The Heavens Shall Declare
- The Wicked Have No Interest In
- Very High
- we should Pray for Its Continued Manifestation
- we should Pray: To be Answered In
- we should Pray: To be Delivered In
- we should Pray: To be Judged According To
- we should Pray: To be Led In
- we should Pray: To be Quickened In
Abundant
- Psalm 48:10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Angels Acknowledge
- Revelation 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
Beyond Computation
- Psalm 71:15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
Christ Acknowledged
- John 17:25 Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
Christ Committed his Cause To
- 1 Peter 2:23 When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
Enduring for Ever
- Psalm 111:3 Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.
Everlasting
- Psalm 119:142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
Exhibited in His Acts
- Judges 5:11 the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
- 1 Samuel 12:7 Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
Exhibited in His Commandments
- Deuteronomy 4:8 And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
- Psalm 119:172 My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
Exhibited in His Government
- Psalm 96:13 before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
- Psalm 98:9 before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Exhibited in His Judgments
- Psalm 19:9 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
- Psalm 119:7 I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
- Psalm 119:62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
Exhibited in His Testimonies
- Psalm 119:138 The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
- Psalm 119:144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
Exhibited in His Ways
- Psalm 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
Exhibited in His Word
- Psalm 119:123 My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Exhibited in The Final Judgment
- 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.”
Exhibited in The Gospel
- Psalm 85:10 Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
- Romans 3:25–26 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. …
Exhibited in The Punishment of the Wicked
- Romans 2:5 But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- Revelation 16:7 And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
- Revelation 19:2 For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
God Delights in the Exercise of
- Jeremiah 9:24 But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth — for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
His Care and Defence of his People Designed to Teach
- Micah 6:4–5 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam. …
Illustrated
- Psalm 36:6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
Leads God to Love Righteousness
- Psalm 11:7 For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
Saints: Acknowledge, in his Dealings
- Ezra 9:15 O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
Saints: Acknowledge, Though the Wicked Prosper
- Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Psalm 73:12–17 Behold, these are the wicked — always carefree as they increase their wealth. …
Saints: Ascribe, to Him
- Job 36:3 I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
- Daniel 9:7 To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame— the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
Saints: Confident of Beholding
- Micah 7:9 Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
Saints: Declare to Others
- Psalm 22:31 They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn — all that He has done.
Saints: do not Conceal
- Psalm 40:10 I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
Saints: Magnify
- Psalm 7:17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
- Psalm 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
- Psalm 145:7 They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
Saints: Mention, Only
- Psalm 71:16 I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness — Yours alone.
Saints: Plead in Prayer
- Psalm 143:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
- Daniel 9:16 O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people …
Saints: Recognize, in the Fulfilment of his Promises
- Nehemiah 9:8 You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept …
Saints: Talk of
- Psalm 35:28 Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
- Psalm 71:15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- Psalm 71:24 My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Saints: Upheld By
- Isaiah 41:10 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.
Shown Openly Before the Heathen
- Psalm 98:2 The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
Shown to the Posterity of Saints
- Psalm 103:17 But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children —
The Habitation of his Throne
- Psalm 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
The Heavens Shall Declare
- Psalm 50:6 And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Psalm 97:6 The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
The Wicked Have No Interest In
- Psalm 69:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
Very High
- Psalm 71:19 Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
we should Pray for Its Continued Manifestation
- Psalm 36:10 Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
we should Pray: To be Answered In
- Psalm 143:1 O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
we should Pray: To be Delivered In
- Psalm 31:1 In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
- Psalm 71:2 In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
we should Pray: To be Judged According To
- Psalm 35:24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
we should Pray: To be Led In
- Psalm 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
we should Pray: To be Quickened In
- Psalm 119:40 How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
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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.