2461 verses about Righteousness

If you turn to him with your whole heart and with your whole soul, to do truth before him, then will he turn to you, and won’t hide his face from you. See what he will do with you. Give him thanks with your whole mouth. Bless the Lord of righteousness. Exalt the everlasting King. I give him thanks in the land of my captivity, and show his strength and majesty to a nation of sinners. Turn, you sinners, and do righteousness before him. Who can tell if he will accept you and have mercy on you?

O Jerusalem, the holy city, he will scourge you for the works of your sons, and will again have mercy on the sons of the righteous.

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad for the sons of the righteous; for they will be gathered together and will bless the Lord of the righteous.

The streets of Jerusalem will be paved with beryl, carbuncle, and stones of Ophir.

All the nations will bless the Lord, and his people will give thanks to God, and the Lord will exalt his people; and all those who love the Lord God in truth and righteousness will rejoice, showing mercy to our kindred.

But you must keep the law and the ordinances, and show yourself merciful and righteous, that it may be well with you.

And now, my children, consider what alms does, and how righteousness delivers.” While he was saying these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed; but he was one hundred fifty eight years old. Tobias buried him magnificently.

And while they didn’t sin not before their God, they prospered, because God who hates iniquity was with them.

But if there is no lawlessness in their nation, let my lord now pass by, lest their Lord defend them, and their God be for them, and we will be a reproach before all the earth.”

No one said anything evil about her; for she feared God exceedingly.

And as the Lord lives, who preserved me in my way that I went, my countenance deceived him to his destruction, and he did not commit sin with me, to defile and shame me.”

May God turn these things to you for a perpetual praise, to visit you with good things, because you did not spare your life by reason of the affliction of our race, but avenged our fall, walking a straight way before our God.” And all the people said, “Amen! Amen!”

Let the woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This thing pleased the king; and he did so.

And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them. Then the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mordecai, as a commendation.

All in the palace bowed down to him, for so the king had given orders to do; but Mordecai did not bow down to him.

So Mordecai went and did all that Esther commanded him. [And he implored the Lord, making mention of all the works of the Lord; and he said, Lord God, king ruling over all, for all things are in your power, and there is no one that shall oppose you, in your purpose to save Israel. - For you have made the heaven and the earth and every wonderful thing in the world under heaven. And you are Lord of all, and there is no one who shall resist you Lord. You know all things: you know, Lord, that it is not in insolence, nor haughtiness, nor love of glory, that I have done this, to refuse to bow down to the haughty Haman. For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the safety of Israel. But I have done this, that I might not set the glory of man above the glory of God: and I will not worship any one except you, my Lord, and I will not do these things in haughtiness. And now, O Lord God, the King, the God of Abraam, spare your people, for our enemies are looking upon us to our destruction, and they have desired to destroy your ancient inheritance. Do not overlook your peculiar people, whom you have redeemed for yourself out of the land of Egypt. Hearken to my prayer, and be propitious to your inheritance, and turn our mourning into gladness, that we may live and sing praise to your name, O Lord; and do not utterly destroy the mouth of them that praise you, O Lord. And all Israel cried with all their might, for death was before their eyes. And queen Esther took refuge in the Lord, being taken as it were in the agony of death. And having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and mourning; and instead of grand perfumes she filled her head with ashes and dung, and she greatly brought down her body, and she filled every place of her glad adorning with the torn curls of her hair. And she implored the Lord God of Israel, and said, O my Lord, you alone are our king: help me who am destitute, and have no helper but you, for my danger is near at hand. I have heard from my birth, in the tribe of my kindred that you, Lord, took Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and have wrought for them all that you have said. And now we have sinned before you, and you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies, because we honored their gods: you are righteous, O Lord. But now they have not been contented with the bitterness of our slavery, but have laid their hands on the hands of their idols, in order to abolish the decree of your mouth, and utterly to destroy your inheritances, and to stop the mouth of them that praise you, and to extinguish the glory of your house and your alter, and to open the mouth of the Gentiles to speak the praises of vanities, and in order that a mortal king should be admired for ever. O Lord, do not resign your sceptre to them that are not, and let them not laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel, against themselves, and make an example of him who has begun to injure us. Remember us , O Lord, manifest yourself in the time of our affliction, and encourage me, O King of gods, and ruler of all dominion. Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him that fights against us, to the utter destruction of him that consent with him. But deliver us by your hand, and help me who am destitute, and have none but the, O Lord. You know all things, and know that I hate the glory of transgressors, and that I abhor the couch of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger. You know my necessity, for I abhor the symbol of my proud station, which is upon my head in the days of my splendor: I abhor it as a menstruous cloth, and I wear it not in the days of my tranquility. And your handmaid has not eaten at the table of Haman, and I have not honored the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk wine of libations. Neither has your handmaid rejoiced since the day of my promotion until now, except in you, O Lord God of Abraam. O god, who has power over all, hearken to the voice of the desperate, and deliver us from the hand of them that devise mischief; and deliver me from my fear.]

And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Haman has also prepared a gallows for Mordecai, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Haman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon.

So Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai: and then the king’s wrath was appeased.

And Mordecai went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw it and rejoiced.

Love righteousness, you⌃ that be judges of the earth, Think you⌃ of the Lord with a good mind, And in singleness of heart seek you⌃ him;

Because wisdom will not enter into a soul that deviseth evil, Nor dwell in a body that is held in pledge by sin.

For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit. And will start away from thoughts that are without understanding, And will be put to confusion when unrighteousness has come in.

Therefore no man that utters unrighteous things will be unseen; Neither will Justice, when it convicts, pass him by.

For righteousness is immortal:

Let us oppress the righteous poor; Let us not spare the widow, Nor reverence the hairs of the old man gray for length of years.

But let our strength be to us a law of righteousness; For that which is weak is found to be of no service.

But let us lie in wait for the righteous man, Because he is of disservice to us, And is contrary to our works, And upbraids us with sins against the law, And lays to our charge sins against our discipline.

He became to us a reproof of our thoughts.

He is grievous to us even to behold, Because his life is unlike other men’s, And his paths are of strange fashion.

We were accounted of him as worthless metal, And he abstains from our ways as from uncleannesses. The latter end of the righteous he calls happy; And he vaunts that God is his father.

For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him, And he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries.

But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, And no torment will touch them.

And having borne a little chastening, they will receive great good; Because God made trial of them, and found them worthy of himself.

As gold in the furnace he proved them, And as a whole burnt offering he accepted them.

And in the time of their visitation they will shine forth, And as sparks among stubble they will run to and fro.

They will judge nations, and have dominion over peoples; And the Lord will reign over them for evermore.

But the ungodly will be requited even as they reasoned, They which lightly regarded the righteous man, and revolted from the Lord;

And happy is the eunuch which has wrought no lawless deed with his hands, Nor imagined wicked things against the Lord; For there will be given him for his faithfulness a peculiar favor, And a lot in the sanctuary of the Lord more delightsome than wife or children.

For the end of an unrighteous generation is always grievous.

Better than this is childishness with virtue; For in the memory of virtue is immortality: Because it is recognized both before God and before men.

When it is present, men imitate it; And they long after it when it is departed: And throughout all time it marcheth crowned in triumph, Victorious in the strife for the prizes that are undefiled.

But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit, And with bastard slips they will not strike deep root, Nor will they establish a sure hold.

But a righteous man, though he die before his time, will be at rest.

Being found well-pleasing to God he was beloved of him, And while living among sinners he was translated:

He was caught away, lest wickedness should change his understanding, Or guile deceive his soul.

Being made perfect in a little while, he fulfilled long years;

For his soul was pleasing to the Lord: Therefore hurried he out of the midst of wickedness.

But a righteous man that is dead will condemn the ungodly that are living, And youth that is quickly perfected the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age;

For the ungodly will see a wise man’s end, And will not understand what the Lord purposed concerning him, And for what he safely kept him:—

Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness Before the face of those who afflicted him, And those who make his labors of no account.

How was he counted among sons of God? And how is his lot among saints?

Verily we went astray from the way of truth, And the light of righteousness shined not for us, And the sun rose not for us.

But the righteous live forever, And in the Lord is their reward, And the care for them with the Most High.

Therefore will they receive the crown of royal dignity And the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand; Because with his right hand will he cover them, And with his arm will he shield them.

He will put on righteousness as a breastplate, And will array himself with judgement unfeigned as with a helmet;

Because your dominion was given you from the Lord, And your sovereignty from the Most High; Who will search out your works, And will make inquisition of your counsels:

Because being officers of his kingdom you⌃ did not judge aright, Neither kept you⌃ law, nor walked after the counsel of God.

For the Sovereign Lord of all will not refrain himself for any man’s person, Neither will he reverence greatness; Because it is he that made both small and great, And alike he takes thought for all;

To you therefore, O princes, are my words, That you⌃ may learn wisdom and fall not from the right way.

For those who have kept holily the things that are holy will themselves be hallowed; And those who have been taught them will find what to answer;

And love of her is observance of her laws; And to give heed to her laws confirmeth incorruption;

And incorruption brings near to God;

If therefore you⌃ delight in thrones and sceptres, you⌃ princes of peoples, Honor wisdom, that you⌃ may reign forever.

But a multitude of wise men is salvation to the world, And an understanding king is tranquillity to his people.

But she reaches from one end of the world to the other with full strength, And ordereth all things graciously.

And if a man loves righteousness, The fruits of wisdom’s labor are virtues, For she teaches soberness and understanding, righteousness and courage; And there is nothing in life for men more profitable than these.

Because of her I will have glory among multitudes, And honor in the sight of elders, though I be young.

I will govern peoples, And nations will be subjected to me.

Dread princes will fear me when they hear of me: Among my people I will show myself a good ruler, and in war courageous.

And rule the world in holiness and righteousness, And execute judgement in uprightness of soul;

For she knows all things and has understanding thereof, And in my doings she will guide me in ways of soberness, And she will guard me in her glory.

And so will my works be acceptible, And I will judge your people righteously, And I will be worthy of my father’s throne.

And it was thus that the ways of them which are on earth were corrected, And men were taught the things that are pleasing to you; And through wisdom were they saved.

And when for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood, Wisdom again saved it, Guiding the righteous man’s course by a poor piece of wood.

Moreover, when nations consenting together in wickedness had been confounded, Wisdom knew the righteous man, and preserved him blameless to God, And kept him strong when his heart yearned toward his child.

While the ungodly were perishing, wisdom delivered a righteous man, When he fled from the fire that descended out of heaven on Pentapolis.

When a righteous man was a fugitive from a brother’s wrath, wisdom guided him in straight paths; She showed him God’s kingdom, and gave him knowledge of holy things; She prospered him in his toils, and multiplied the fruits of his labor;

When in their covetousness men dealt hardly with him, She stood by him and made him rich;

When a righteous man was sold, wisdom forsook him not, But from sin she delivered him; She went down with him into a dungeon,

Wisdom delivered a holy people and a blameless seed from a nation of oppressors.

Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly; And they sang praise to your holy name, O Lord, And extolled with one accord your hand that fought for them:

Yes and whether they were far off from the righteous or near them, they were alike distressed;

For him who long before was cast forth and exposed they left off mocking: In the last issue of what came to pass they marveled, Having thirsted in another manner than the righteous.

For to be greatly strong is your at all times; And the might of your arm who shall withstand?

That the land which in your sight is most precious of all lands Might receive a worthy colony of God’s servants.

For neither is there any God beside you that careth for all, That you might show to him that you did not judge unrighteously:

But being righteous you rule all things righteously, Deeming it a thing alien from your power To condemn one that does not himself deserve to be punished.

For your strength is the beginning of righteousness, And your sovereignty over all makes you to forbear all.

But you did teach your people by such works as these, How that the righteous must be a lover of men; And you did make your sons to be of good hope, Because you give repentance when men have sinned.

For blessed has been wood through which comes righteousness:

For to be acquainted with you is perfect righteousness, And to know your dominion is the root of immortality.

For, what was most marvelous of all, In the water which quenches all things the fire wrought yet more mightily; For the world fights for the righteous.

And at another time even in the midst of water it burns above the power of fire, That it may destroy the fruits of an unrighteous land.

And that this element again, in order that righteous men may be nourished, Hath even forgotten its own power.

So by your people was expected salvation of the righteous and destruction of the enemies;

But it befell the righteous also to make trial of death, And a multitude were stricken in the wilderness: Howbeit the wrath endured not for long.

For a blameless man hurried to be their champion: Bringing the weapon of his own ministry, Even prayer and the propitiation of incense, He withstood the indignation, and set an end to the calamity, Shewing that he was your servant.

For in all things, O Lord, you did magnify your people, And you did glorify them and not lightly regard them; Standing by their side in every time and place.

Whoso fears the Lord, it will go well with him at the last, And in the day of his death he will be blessed.

And he that gives glory to his mother is as one that lays up treasure.