Righteousness: Difference between revisions

From PreparingYou
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
 
(5 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The word ''righteousness'' appears over 300 times in the Bible. In the Old Testament we see the word  ''tsedaqah'' הקדצ  translated righteousness 128 times and justice 15 times. It is also translated right 9 times and righteous acts or righteously 4 times and once it appears as moderately. <Ref> 06666 הקדצ tsᵉdaqah \@tsed-aw-kaw’\@ from 06663; n f; AV-righteousness 128, justice 15, right 9, righteous acts 3,  moderately 1, righteously 1; 157 1) justice, righteousness 1a) righteousness (in government)
{{righteous}}
::          1a1) of judge, ruler, king
::          1a2) of law
::          1a3) of Davidic king Messiah
:    1b) righteousness (of God’s attribute, in a case or cause, truthfulness, as ethically right)</Ref>


In the New Testament we see dikaiosune  δικαιοσύνη \@dik-ah-yos-oo’-nay\@ with the Strong's number 1343 from 1342;  n f translated righteousness 92 times and defined  1) in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be,  righteousness, the condition acceptable to God
::    1a) the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a      state approved of God
::    1b) integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness      of thinking, feeling, and acting


Without the letter Hey it appears as ''tsedeq'' קדצ  righteousness 77 times, just 11, justice 10, righteous 8, righteously 3, right 3, righteous cause once.<Ref>06664 ^קדצ^ tsedeq \@tseh’- dek\@ from 06663; n m; AV-righteousness 77, just 11, justice 10, righteous 8, righteously 3,  right 3, righteous cause 1, unrighteousness 1, misc 2; 116 1) justice, rightness, righteousness
== Footnotes ==
: 1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
: 1b) righteousness (in government)  1b1) of judges, rulers, kings    1b2) of law </Ref>
<ref> 1343 ~δικαιοσύνη~ dikaiosune \@dik-ah-yos-oo’-nay\@ from 1342; n f translated righteousness 92times and defined
: 1) in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God  1a) the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a  state approved of God  1b) integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness  of thinking, feeling, and acting 2) in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due </Ref>


It is defined as "in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be". What is the way but the way of righteousness. That means we do not force people to give us what we want nor would we covet their goods. We do not still, murder or betray one another.
<references />


Some people think because Paul said that we are saved by faith that there is nothing we need to do. Works are the evidence of faith so if we are being unrighteous then our works prove that we have no faith.
{{Template:Gregory-info‎}}
 
 
 
----
== Righteousness Old Testament ==
Genesis 15:6  And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.


Genesis 30:33  So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
[[Category:Articles]]


Leviticus 19:15  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
[[Category:Definitions]]


Deuteronomy 6:25  And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
[[Category:Topics]]


Deuteronomy 9:4  Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
[[Category:Words]]
 
Deuteronomy 9:5  Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
 
Deuteronomy 9:4  Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
 
Deuteronomy 9:5  Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
 
Deuteronomy 9:6  Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
 
Deuteronomy 24:13  In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
 
Deuteronomy 33:19  They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
 
1 Samuel 26:23  The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S anointed.
 
2 Samuel 22:21  The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
 
2 Samuel 22:25  Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
 
1 Kings 3:6  And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
 
1 Kings 8:32  Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
 
2 Chronicles 6:23  Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
 
Job 6:29  Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
 
Job 8:6  If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
 
Job 27:6  My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
 
Job 29:14  I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
 
Job 33:26  He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
 
Job 35:2  Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
 
Job 35:8  Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
 
Job 36:3  I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
 
Psalms 4:1  « To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. » Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
 
Psalms 4:5  Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
 
Psalms 5:8  Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
 
Psalms 7:8  The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
 
Psalms 7:17  I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
 
Psalms 9:8  And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
 
Psalms 11:7  For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
 
Psalms 15:2  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
 
Psalms 17:15  As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
 
Psalms 18:20  The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
 
Psalms 18:24  Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
 
Psalms 22:31  They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
 
Psalms 23:3  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
 
Psalms 24:5  He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
 
Psalms 31:1  « To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
 
Psalms 33:5  He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
 
Psalms 35:24  Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
 
Psalms 35:28  And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
 
Psalms 36:6  Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
 
Psalms 36:10  O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
 
Psalms 37:6  And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
 
Psalms 40:9  I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
 
Psalms 40:10  I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
 
Psalms 45:4  And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
 
Psalms 45:7  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
 
Psalms 48:10  According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
 
Psalms 50:6  And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
 
Psalms 51:14  Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
 
Psalms 51:19  Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
 
Psalms 52:3  Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
 
Psalms 58:1  « To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. » Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
 
Psalms 65:5  By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
 
Psalms 69:27  Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
 
Psalms 71:2  Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
 
Psalms 71:15  My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
 
Psalms 71:16  I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy
righteousness, even of thine only.
 
Psalms 71:19  Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
 
Psalms 71:24  My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
 
Psalms 72:1  « A Psalm for Solomon. » Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
 
Psalms 72:2  He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
 
Psalms 72:3  The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
 
Psalms 85:10  Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
 
Psalms 85:11  Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
 
Psalms 85:13  Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
 
Psalms 88:12  Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
 
Psalms 89:16  In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
 
Psalms 94:15  But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
 
Psalms 96:13  Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
 
Psalms 97:2  Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
 
Psalms 97:6  The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
 
Psalms 98:2  The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
 
Psalms 98:9  Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
 
Psalms 99:4  The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
 
Psalms 103:6  The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
 
Psalms 103:17  But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
 
Psalms 106:3  Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
 
Psalms 106:31  And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
 
Psalms 111:3  His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
 
Psalms 112:3  Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
 
Psalms 112:9  He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
 
Psalms 118:19  Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
 
Psalms 119:40  Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
 
Psalms 119:123  Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
 
Psalms 119:142  Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
 
Psalms 119:144  The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
 
Psalms 119:172  My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
 
Psalms 132:9  Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
 
Psalms 143:1  « A Psalm of David. » Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
 
Psalms 143:11  Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
 
Psalms 145:7  They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
 
Proverbs 2:9  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
 
Proverbs 8:8  All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
 
Proverbs 8:18  Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
 
Proverbs 8:20  I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
 
Proverbs 10:2  Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
 
Proverbs 11:4  Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
 
Proverbs 11:5  The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
 
Proverbs 11:6  The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
 
Proverbs 11:18  The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
 
Proverbs 11:19  As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
 
Proverbs 12:17  He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
 
Proverbs 12:28  In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
 
Proverbs 13:6  Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
 
Proverbs 14:34  Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
 
Proverbs 15:9  The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
 
Proverbs 16:8  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
 
Proverbs 16:12  It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
 
 
Proverbs 16:31  The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
 
Proverbs 21:21  He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
 
Proverbs 25:5  Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
 
Ecclesiastes 3:16  And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
 
Ecclesiastes 7:15  All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
 
Isaiah 1:21  How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
 
Isaiah 1:26  And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
 
Isaiah 1:27  Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
 
Isaiah 5:7  For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of
Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for
righteousness, but behold a cry.
 
Isaiah 5:16  But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
 
Isaiah 5:23  Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
 
Isaiah 10:22  For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
 
Isaiah 11:4  But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
 
Isaiah 11:5  And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
 
Isaiah 16:5  And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting
righteousness.
 
Isaiah 26:9  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
 
Isaiah 26:10  Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
 
Isaiah 28:17  Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
 
Isaiah 32:1  Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
 
Isaiah 32:16  Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
 
Isaiah 32:17  And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
 
Isaiah 33:5  The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
 
Isaiah 41:10  Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
 
Isaiah 42:21  The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
 
Isaiah 45:8  Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
 
Isaiah 45:13  I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
 
Isaiah 45:19  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
 
Isaiah 45:23  I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
 
Isaiah 45:24  Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
 
Isaiah 46:12  Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
 
Isaiah 46:13  I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
 
Isaiah 48:1  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
 
Isaiah 48:18  O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
 
Isaiah 51:1  Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
 
Isaiah 51:5  My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
 
Isaiah 51:6  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
 
Isaiah 51:7  Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
 
Isaiah 51:8  For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
 
Isaiah 54:14  In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
 
Isaiah 54:17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
 
Isaiah 56:1  Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
 
Isaiah 57:12  I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
 
Isaiah 58:2  Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
 
Isaiah 58:8  Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
 
Isaiah 59:16  And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
 
Isaiah 59:17  For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
 
Isaiah 60:17  For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
 
Isaiah 61:3  To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
 
Isaiah 61:10  I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
 
Isaiah 61:11  For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
 
Isaiah 62:1  For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
 
Isaiah 62:2  And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
 
Isaiah 63:1  Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
 
Isaiah 64:5  Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
 
Jeremiah 4:2  And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
 
Jeremiah 9:24  But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
 
Jeremiah 22:3  Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
 
Jeremiah 23:6  In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
 
Jeremiah 33:15  In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
 
 
Ezekiel 14:14  Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
 
Ezekiel 14:20  Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
 
Ezekiel 18:20  The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
 
Ezekiel 18:22  All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
 
Ezekiel 18:24  But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
 
Ezekiel 18:26  When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
 
Ezekiel 33:12  Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
 
Ezekiel 33:13  When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
 
Ezekiel 33:18  When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
 
Daniel 4:27  Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off
thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
 
Daniel 9:7  O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all
Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
 
Daniel 9:16  O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
 
Daniel 9:24  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
 
Daniel 12:3  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
 
Hosea 2:19  And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
 
Hosea 2:19  And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
 
Hosea 10:12  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
 
Amos 5:7  Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
 
Amos 5:24  But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
 
Amos 6:12  Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
 
Micah 6:5  O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
 
Micah 7:9  I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
 
Zephaniah 2:3  Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.
 
Zechariah 8:8  And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
 
Malachi 3:3  And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as
----
 
== Righteousness New Testament ==
 
 
Matthew 3:15  And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
 
Matthew 5:6  Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
 
Matthew 5:10  Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
 
Matthew 5:20  For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
 
Matthew 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
 
Matthew 21:32  For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
 
Luke 1:75  In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
 
John 16:8  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
 
John 16:10  Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
 
Acts 10:35  But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
 
Acts 13:10  And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
 
Acts 17:31  Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
 
Acts 24:25  And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
 
Romans 1:17  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
 
Romans 2:26  Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
 
Romans 3:5  But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
 
Romans 3:21  But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
 
Romans 3:22  Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
 
Romans 3:25  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
 
Romans 3:26  To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
 
Romans 4:3  For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
 
Romans 4:5  But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
 
Romans 4:6  Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
 
Romans 4:9  Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
 
Romans 4:11  And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
 
Romans 4:13  For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
 
Romans 4:22  And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
 
Romans 5:17  For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
 
Romans 5:18  Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
 
Romans 5:21  That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
Romans 6:13  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
 
Romans 6:16  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
 
Romans 6:18  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
 
Romans 6:19  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
 
Romans 6:20  For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
 
Romans 8:4  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
 
Romans 8:10  And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
 
Romans 9:28  For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
 
 
Romans 9:30  What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
 
Romans 9:31  But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
 
Romans 10:3  For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
 
Romans 10:4  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
 
Romans 10:5  For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
 
Romans 10:6  But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
 
Romans 10:10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
 
Romans 14:17  For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
 
1 Corinthians 1:30  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
 
1 Corinthians 15:34  Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
 
2 Corinthians 3:9  For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
 
2 Corinthians 5:21  For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
 
2 Corinthians 6:7  By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
 
2 Corinthians 6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
 
2 Corinthians 9:9  (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
 
2 Corinthians 9:10  Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
 
2 Corinthians 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
 
Galatians 2:21  I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
 
Galatians 3:6  Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
 
Galatians 3:21  Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
 
Galatians 5:5  For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Ephesians 4:24  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
 
Ephesians 5:9  (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
 
Ephesians 6:14  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
 
Philippians 1:11  Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
 
Philippians 3:6  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
 
Philippians 3:9  And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
 
1 Timothy 6:11  But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
 
2 Timothy 2:22  Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
 
2 Timothy 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
2 Timothy 4:8  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
 
Titus 3:5  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
 
Hebrews 1:8  But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
 
Hebrews 1:9  Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
 
Hebrews 5:13  For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
 
Hebrews 7:2  To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
 
Hebrews 11:7  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
 
Hebrews 11:33  Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
 
Hebrews 12:11  Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
 
James 1:20  For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
 
James 2:23  And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
 
James 3:18  And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
 
1 Peter 2:24  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
 
1 Peter 3:14  But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
 
1 Peter 3:14  But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
 
2 Peter 1:1  Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
 
2 Peter 2:5  And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
 
2 Peter 2:21  For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
 
2 Peter 3:13  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
1 John 2:29  If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
 
1 John 3:7  Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
 
1 John 3:10  In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
 
Revelation 19:8  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Revelation 19:11  And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
 
== Unrighteousness Old Testament ==
 
 
Exodus 23:1  Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
 
Leviticus 19:15  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou
 
judge thy neighbour.
Leviticus 19:35  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
 
Deuteronomy 25:16  For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
 
Job 27:7  Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
 
Psalms 71:4  Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous (‘aval) and cruel man.
 
The word here is ‘aval <Ref>05765 ^לוע^ ‘aval \@aw-val’\@ a primitive root; v;  AV-deal unjustly 1, unrighteous 1; 2  1) to act wrongfully or unjustly, deviate from  1a) (Piel) to act wrongfully</Ref>
 
 
 
 
Psalms 92:15  To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness (tsuwr רצ)in him.
 
The word here is  tsuwr and means a rock or a clff. <Ref>06697 ^רוצ^ tsuwr \@tsoor\@ or  ^רצ^ tsur \@tsoor\@ from 06696; n m;  AV-rock 64, strength 5, sharp 2, God 2, beauty 1, edge 1, stones 1,    mighty One 1, strong 1; 78 1) rock, cliff    1a) rocky wall, cliff
    1b) rock (with flat surface)    1c) block of ste, boulder    1d) rock (specific)
    1e) rock (of God)    1f) rock (of heathen gods)    n pr dei    1g) Rock</Ref>
 
 
Isaiah 10:1  Woe unto them that decree unrighteous (aven ןוא) decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
 
Isaiah 55:7  Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous (aven ןוא) man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
 
Unrighteous  is from ‘aven meaning "trouble, wickedness, sorrow"<Ref>0205 ^ןוא^ ‘aven \@aw-ven’\@ from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to    exert oneself, usually in vain; n m;  AV-iniquity 47, wicked(ness) 8, vanity 6, affliction 3,  mischief 3, unrighteous 2, evil 1, false 1, idol 1,  mourners 1, mourning 1, nought 1, sorrow 1, unjust 1,      vain 1; 78 1) trouble, wickedness, sorrow    1a) trouble, sorrow    1b) idolatry    1c) trouble of iniquity, wickedness/<Ref>
 
 
Jeremiah 22:13  Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
 
Here the word is ''tsedeq'' with the negative word  אל lo’ meaning  "not, no".
 
 
== Unrighteousness Old Testament ==
 
Luke 16:9  And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Luke 16:11  If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
John 7:18  He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
 
Romans 1:18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Romans 1:29  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Romans 2:8  But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Romans 3:5  But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
Romans 6:13  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Romans 9:14  What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
1 Corinthians 6:9  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
2 Corinthians 6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Thessalonians 2:10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
 
2 Thessalonians 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Hebrews 6:10  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Hebrews 8:12  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
2 Peter 2:13  And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
2 Peter 2:15  Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
1 John 1:9  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 5:17  All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
{{Template:Rights}}
 
{{Template:Network}}
 
 
== Footnotes == <references />
 
{{Template:Gregory-info‎}}

Latest revision as of 22:24, 14 November 2023

We are supposed to be seeking the Kingdom of God and His righteousness not our personal happiness nor security and certainly not at the expense of others.
The way of righteousness did not include the wages of unrighteousness[1] or the wantonness of the world which made men merchandise and curse children as a surety for debt.
Our values will be shallow unless we sacrifice daily for the righteousness of God. Only then will that virtue root it deep deep within the soul.
Being an early Christian, a follower of Jesus the Christ, someone who practiced Pure Religion, required that people repent and seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness according to the way the disciples were commanded by Christ.
What made 'America great was that Americans were good'. Americans once took care of all the needy within society through charity alone not the exercise of force by government authority through legal charity and the welfare state. What is bringing America down is a departure from that practice of the welfare of society provided by strong communities of carrying individuals through voluntary charity. That exercise of choice established cohesive bands that connected individuals in strong social networks that could stand against the rise of tyrants.


Righteous

The number of times that we see the word righteous and righteousness in the Bible tells us that it must be important.

The word tsaddek, translated righteousness in the Old Testament alone appears in several forms over 500 times[2]

It consists of combinations of the Hebrew letters including in the base a צ ץ Tzadik, ד Dalet, and ק Kuf:

  • צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
  • ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
  • ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)

It is also translated lawful, just, justify and justice. It is even translated rights. Since the Bible only mentions religion 5 times and government, law, rights and justice over a thousand times, and tells story after story of oppressive governments, and setting people free from those governments, from Cain to Nimrod and Pharaoh's Egypt, the Bible is hardly limited to the topic of religion.

There is another word translated right and righteous which appears over a hundred times[3] in the Bible and comes from the word רשׁי yashar meaning "to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful".

Even the words we see translated "equity" like meyshar[4] with an added Hebrew letter Mem suggesting the flow of righteousness and yosher [5] both from yashar and [6] in the Bible are merely forms of righteousness.

So, the topic of what righteousness means may be more important than we may think at first, and certainly more important than our opinion about God. In fact, our opinion about God and religion must coincide with God's opinion of what is righteousness.

Dikaiosune

The Greek word dikaiosune[7] is consistently translated righteousness in the New Testament of the Bible.

We also see dikaios[8] translated righteous 41 times, but just 33 times. It is also translated right.

To understand the word righteousness and unrighteousness[9] and the difference between the two terms, we may need to seek an answer to some other questions first.

150 years before Christ commanded that people be organized in a charitable network to provide that daily ministration of welfare through charity alone. Polybius explained what happens to the people who depart from welfare by charity and who abandon that way of individual choice of making sacrifices out of love for your neighbor: "The masses continue with an appetite for benefits and the habit of receiving them by way of a rule of force and violence. The people, having grown accustomed to feed at the expense of others and to depend for their livelihood on the property of others... institute the rule of violence;" What he was talking about was the dependence upon welfare funded by taxation instead of charity. Polybius continued his warning with what became the prophesying of Rome's "degeneration" from a republic into tyranny, "and now uniting their forces massacre, banish, and plunder, until they degenerate again into perfect savages and find once more a master and monarch."
Americans have long abandoned the "perfect law of liberty" and have become a weak and scattered people unable to unite and stand against the lies of tyrants.
Governments of the world cannot solve this because it is our societal dependence upon government and rejection of responsibilities of individuals working together for the common good that has brought us to this present loss of freedom. We are vulnerable to tyrants today because for generations we have been slothful in the way of righteousness.
America will not be great again unless Americans Repent.


Some Questions

More Questions

To find the answers, we must seek and strive to do what Jesus said the way He said to do it... Including attending to the Weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith which include caring for the needs of our neighbors and the widows and orphans of our society through Pure Religion in matters of health, education, and welfare. We are NOT to provide for the needy of society through the Covetous Practices and the men who call themselves benefactors but who exercise authority one over the other like the socialists do.

The Way of Christ was like neither the way of the world of Rome nor the governments of the gentiles who depend on those fathers of the earth through force, fear and fealty who deliver the people back in bondage again like they were in Egypt. Christ's ministers and true Christians do not depend upon systems of social welfare that force the contributions of the people like the corban of the Pharisees which made the word of God to none effect. Many people have been deceived to go the way of Balaam and the Nicolaitan and out of The Way of Christ and have become workers of iniquity.

The Christian conflict with Rome in the first century Church appointed by Christ was because they would not apply to the fathers of the earth for their free bread but instead relied upon a voluntary network providing a daily ministration to the needy of society through Faith, Hope, and Charity by way of freewill offerings of the people, for the people, and by the people through the perfect law of liberty in Free Assemblies according to the ancient pattern of Tuns or Tens as He commanded.

The modern Christians are in need of repentance.

"Follow me!" —Jesus the Christ.


If you need help:

Or want to help others:

Join The Living Network of The Companies of Ten
The Living Network | Join Local group | About | Purpose | Guidelines | Network Removal
Contact Minister | Fractal Network | Audacity of Hope | Network Links

In the Old Testament

Genesis 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Genesis 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Genesis 18:26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Genesis 18:28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

Genesis 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

Genesis 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

Exodus 9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

Exodus 23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Exodus 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Numbers 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Deuteronomy 4:8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Deuteronomy 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Judges 5:11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

1 Samuel 12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

1 Samuel 24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

2 Samuel 4:11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

1 Kings 2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

1 Kings 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

2 Kings 10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

2 Chronicles 6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

2 Chronicles 12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

Ezra 9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Nehemiah 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

Job 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Job 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

Job 10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Job 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Job 22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Job 23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Job 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Job 35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

Job 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

Job 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Psalms 1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Psalms 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalms 5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Psalms 7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Psalms 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Psalms 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Psalms 11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Psalms 11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

Psalms 14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Psalms 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

Psalms 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Psalms 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalms 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

Psalms 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Psalms 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Psalms 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

Psalms 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Psalms 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

Psalms 37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

Psalms 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Psalms 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Psalms 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Psalms 37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Psalms 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Psalms 52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

Psalms 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalms 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalms 58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Psalms 64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalms 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

Psalms 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Psalms 72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Psalms 75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Psalms 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalms 94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Psalms 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Psalms 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. Psalms 107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Psalms 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Psalms 112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Psalms 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Psalms 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

Psalms 118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.


Psalms 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

Psalms 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Psalms 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

Psalms 119:137 TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

Psalms 119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

Psalms 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Psalms 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Psalms 125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Psalms 129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Psalms 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Psalms 142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

Psalms 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.


Psalms 146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

Proverbs 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 3:32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

Proverbs 10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Proverbs 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Proverbs 10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Proverbs 10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

Proverbs 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Proverbs 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

Proverbs 11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Proverbs 11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Proverbs 11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Proverbs 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Proverbs 12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

Proverbs 12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

Proverbs 13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Proverbs 14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

Proverbs 14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

Proverbs 15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.


Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

Proverbs 18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Proverbs 21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

Proverbs 21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Proverbs 21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Proverbs 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Proverbs 24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Proverbs 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Proverbs 25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Proverbs 28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Proverbs 28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

Proverbs 28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Proverbs 29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Proverbs 29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Proverbs 29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Ecclesiastes 7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Ecclesiastes 8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Ecclesiastes 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Isaiah 3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Isaiah 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Isaiah 24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

Isaiah 26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Isaiah 41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

Isaiah 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

Isaiah 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Isaiah 57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Isaiah 60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Jeremiah 20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Lamentations 1:18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Ezekiel 3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Ezekiel 3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

Ezekiel 13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

Ezekiel 16:52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Ezekiel 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

Ezekiel 21:3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Ezekiel 21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

Ezekiel 23:45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

Ezekiel 33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

Ezekiel 33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

Ezekiel 33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Daniel 9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

Amos 2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Habakkuk 1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

Malachi 3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

In the New Testament

Matthew 9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Matthew 10:41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

Matthew 13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Matthew 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Matthew 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

Matthew 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Matthew 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Luke 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Luke 18:9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Luke 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

John 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Romans 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Romans 5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

Romans 5:19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

2 Thessalonians 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

2 Thessalonians 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

1 Timothy 1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

2 Timothy 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

1 Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

2 Peter 2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

1 John 2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

1 John 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

1 John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

Revelation 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

Revelation 16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Revelation 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Acts 1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward <3408> of iniquity <93>; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
    2 Peter 2:13 And shall receive the reward <3408> of unrighteousness <93>, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you... 5 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness <93>;
  2. ↑ * 06662 ^קידצ^ tsaddiyq \@tsad-deek’\@ from 06663; adj; AV-righteous 162, just 42, righteous man 1, lawful 1; 206
    1) just, lawful, righteous
    1a) just, righteous (in government)
    1b) just, right (in one’s cause)
    1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character)
    1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)
    1e) right, correct, lawful
    • 06663 ^קדצ^ tsadaq \@tsaw-dak’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1879} AV-justify 23, righteous 10, just 3, justice 2, cleansed 1, clear ourselves 1, righteousness 1; 41
    1) to be just, be righteous
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to have a just cause, be in the right
    1a2) to be justified
    1a3) to be just (of God)
    1a4) to be just, be righteous (in conduct and character)
    1b) (Niphal) to be put or made right, be justified
    1c) (Piel) justify, make to appear righteous, make someone righteous
    1d) (Hiphil)
    1d1) to do or bring justice (in administering law)
    1d2) to declare righteous, justify
    1d3) to justify, vindicate the cause of, save
    1d4) to make righteous, turn to righteousness
    1e) (Hithpael) to justify oneself
    • 06664 ^קדצ^ tsedeq \@tseh’- dek\@ from 06663; n m; AV-righteousness 77, just 11, justice 10, righteous 8, righteously 3, right 3, righteous cause 1, unrighteousness 1, misc 2; 116
    1) justice, rightness, righteousness
    1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
    1b) righteousness (in government)
    1b1) of judges, rulers, kings
    1b2) of law
    1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah
    1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government
    1b5) of God’s attribute
    1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
    1d) rightness (in speech)
    1e) righteousness (as ethically right)
    1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity
    1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
    1f2) in name of Messianic king
    1f3) of people enjoying salvation
    1f4) of Cyrus
    • 06665 ^הקדצ^ tsidqah (Aramaic) \@tsid-kaw’\@ corresponding to 06666; n f; AV-righteousness 1; : 1) right doing, doing right, righteousness: 1
    • 06666 ^הקדצ^ tsᵉdaqah \@tsed-aw-kaw’\@ from 06663; n f; AV-righteousness 128, justice 15, right 9, righteous acts 3, moderately 1, righteously 1; 157
    1) justice, righteousness
    1a) righteousness (in government)
    1a1) of judge, ruler, king
    1a2) of law
    1a3) of Davidic king Messiah
    1b) righteousness (of God’s attribute)
    1c) righteousness (in a case or cause)
    1d) righteousness, truthfulness
    1e) righteousness (as ethically right)
    1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation
    1f1) of God
    1f2) prosperity (of people)
    1g) righteous acts
  3. ↑ * 03477 ^רשׁי^ yashar \@yaw-shawr’\@ from 03474; adj; AV-right 53, upright 42, righteous 9, straight 3, convenient 2, Jasher 2, equity 1, just 1, meet 1, meetest 1, upright ones 1, uprightly 1, uprightness 1, well 1; 119
    1) straight, upright, correct, right
    1a) straight, level
    1b) right, pleasing, correct
    1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper
    1d) uprightness, righteous, upright
    1e) that which is upright (subst)
  4. ↑ 04339 ^רשׁימ^ meyshar \@may-shawr’\@ from 03474; n m; AV-equity 4, uprightly 3, uprightness 3, right things 2, agreement 1, aright 1, equal 1, right 1, righteously 1, sweetly 1, upright 1; 19
    1) evenness, uprightness, straightness, equity
    1a) evenness, level, smoothness
    1b) uprightness, equity
    1c) rightly (as adv)
  5. ↑ 03476 ^רשׁי^ yosher \@yo’- sher\@ from 03474; n m; AV-uprightness 9, right 2, upright 1, meet 1; 14
    1) straightness, uprightness
    1a) straightness, evenness (moral implications)
    1b) rightness, uprightness
    1c) what is right, what is due
  6. ↑ 05229 ^החכנ^ nᵉkochah \@nek-o-khaw’\@ from 05228; adj f; AV-uprightness 1, right things 1, equity 1, right 1; 4
    1) straight in front, be in front of, straight, right, straightness. Also the word nekochah is translated equity once ( 05229 ^החכנ^ nᵉkochah \@nek-o-khaw’\@ from 05228; adj f; AV-uprightness 1, right things 1, equity 1, right 1; 4 1) straight in front, be in front of, straight, right, straightness.)
  7. ↑ 1343 ~δικαιοσύνη~ dikaiosune \@dik-ah-yos-oo’-nay\@ from 1342; TDNT-2:192,168; {See TDNT 192} n f AV-righteousness 92; 92
    1) in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God
    1a) the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of God
    1b) integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking, feeling, and acting
    2) in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due
  8. ↑ 1342 ~δίκαιος~ dikaios \@dik’-ah-yos\@ from 1349; adj AV-righteous 41, just 33, right 5, meet 2; 81
    1) righteous, observing divine laws
    1a) in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God
    1a1) of those who seem to themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves in their virtues, whether real or imagined
    1a2) innocent, faultless, guiltless
    1a3) used of him whose way of thinking, feeling, and acting is wholly conformed to the will of God, and who therefore needs no rectification in the heart or life
    1a3a) only Christ truly
    1a4) approved of or acceptable of God
    1b) in a narrower sense, rendering to each his due and that in a judicial sense, passing just judgment on others, whether expressed in words or shown by the manner of dealing with them
  9. ↑ 93 ~ἀδικία~ adikia \@ad-ee-kee’-ah\@ from 94; TDNT-1:153,22; {See TDNT 23} n f AV-unrighteousness 16, iniquity 6, unjust 2, wrong 1; 25
    1) injustice, of a judge
    2) unrighteousness of heart and life
    3) a deed violating law and justice, act of unrighteousness
  10. ↑ Matthew 20:25-26 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
    Mark 10:42-43 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
    Luke 22:25-26 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.


About the author





Subscribe

HELP US at His Holy Church spread the word by SUBSCRIBING to many of our CHANNELS and the Network.
The more subscribers will give us more opportunity to reach out to others and build the network as Christ commanded.

Join the network.
Most important is to become a part of the Living Network which is not dependent upon the internet but seeks to form The bands of a free society.
You can do this by joining the local email group on the network and helping one another in a network of Tens.

His Holy Church - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/hisholychurch

Bitchute channel will often include material that would be censored.
https://www.bitchute.com/channel/o6xa17ZTh2KG/

Rumble Channel gregory144
https://rumble.com/user/gregory144

To read more go to "His Holy Church" (HHC) https://www.hisholychurch.org/

Brother Gregory in the wilderness.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSw6O7_-vA4dweVpMPEXRA

About the author, Brother Gregory
https://hisholychurch.org/author.php

PreparingU - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9hTUK8R89ElcXVgUjWoOXQ

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/HisHolyChurch







Retrieved from "http://preparingyou.com/wiki/index.php?title=Righteousness&oldid=63710"