2461 verses about Righteousness

Also before the time of his long sleep He made protestations in the sight of the lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a shoe: And no man did accuse him.

As is the fat when it is separated from the peace offering, So was David separated from the children of Israel.

For he called upon the Most High Lord; And he gave him strength in his right hand, To kill a man mighty in war, To exalt the horn of his people.

Your name reached to the aisles afar off; And for your peace you were beloved.

Some of them did that which was pleasing to God, And some multiplied sins.

For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord, And was strong in the ways of David his father, Which Isaiah the prophet commanded, Who was great and faithful in his vision.

The memorial of Josiah is like the composition of incense Prepared by the work of the apothecary: It shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, And as music at a banquet of wine.

He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, And took away the abominations of iniquity.

He set his heart right toward the Lord; In the days of wicked men he made godliness to prevail.

For verily he remembered the enemies in storm, And to do good to those who directed their ways aright.

How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? And he was as a signet on the right hand:

So was Jesus the son of Josedek: Who in their days built the house, And exalted a people holy to the Lord, Prepared for everlasting glory.

No man was created upon the earth such as was Enoch; For he was taken up from the earth.

And by him was built from the foundation the height of the double wall, The lofty underworks of the inclosure of the temple:

As an olive tree budding forth fruits, And as a cypress growing high among the clouds.

And all the sons of Aaron in their glory, And the Lord’s offering in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel.

The slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king. My soul drew near even to death, And my life was near to the grave beneath.

For I purposed to practice her, And I was zealous for that which is good; And I shall never be put to shame.

And you⌃ shall say, To the Lord our God belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

To the Lord our God belongs righteousness: but to us and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.

Therefore has the Lord kept watch over the plagues, and the Lord has brought them upon us; for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he has commanded us.

O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all your ordinances.

open your eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in the grave, whose breath is taken from their bodies, will give to the Lord neither glory nor righteousness:

but the soul that is greatly vexed, which goes stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give you glory and righteousness, O Lord.

For we do not present our supplication before you, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.

For if you had walked in the way of God, you should have dwelled in peace forever.

and had no regard to his statutes, neither walked they in the ways of God’s commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.

Cast about you the robe of the righteousness which comes from God; set a diadem on your head of the glory of the Everlasting.

For your name shall be called of God forever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of godliness.

Moreover the woods and every sweet smelling tree have overshadowed Israel by the commandment of God.

For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that comes from him.

Better therefore is the just man that has none idols: for he shall be far from reproach.

For you are righteous in all the things that you have done: yes, true are all your works, and your ways are right, and all your judgements truth.

O you⌃ spirits and souls of the righteous, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

Her parents also were righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses.

you know that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.

Therefore when she was led away to be put to death, God raised up the holy spirit of a young youth, whose name was Daniel:

and he cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman.

Wherefore all the people turned again in haste, and the elders said to him, Come, sit down among us, and show it us, seeing God has given you the honor of an elder.

in pronouncing unjust judgement, and condemning the innocent, and letting the guilty go free; albeit the Lord says, The innocent and righteous shall you not kill.

And they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them of false witness out of their own mouth:

and according to the law of Moses they did to them in such sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbor: and they put them to death, and the innocent blood was saved the same day.

And from that day forth was Daniel had in great reputation in the sight of the people.

And many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat unclean things.

Heaven forbid that we should forsake the law and the ordinances.

We will not hearken to the king’s words, to go aside from our worship, on the right hand, or on the left.

And Mattathias saw it, and his zeal was kindled, and his reins trembled, and he showed forth his wrath according to judgement, and ran, and killed him upon the altar.

And the king’s officer, who compelled men to sacrifice, he killed at that time, and pulled down the altar.

And he was zealous for the law, even as Phinehas did to Zimri the son of Salu.

Then many that sought after justice and judgement went down into the wilderness, to dwell there,

saying, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth witness over us, that you⌃ put us to death without trial.

Then were gathered together to them a company of Hasidaeans, mighty men of Israel, every one that offered himself willingly for the law.

And Mattathias and his friends went round about, and pulled down the altars;

And they rescued the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of the kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.

And call to remembrance the deeds of our fathers which they did in their generations; and receive great glory and an everlasting name.

Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness?

Phinehas our father, for that he was zealous exceedingly, obtained the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.

Joshua for fulfilling the word became a judge in Israel.

Caleb for bearing witness in the congregation obtained a heritage in the land.

David for being merciful inherited the throne of a kingdom forever and ever.

And take you⌃ to you all the doers of the law, and avenge the wrong of your people.

Render a recompense to the Gentiles, and take heed to the commandments of the law.

And he pursued the lawless, seeking them out, and he burned up those that troubled his people.

And the lawless shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of lawlessness were sore troubled, and salvation prospered in his hand.

And he angered many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, and his memorial is blessed forever.

And he went about among the cities of Judah, and destroyed the ungodly out of the land, and turned away wrath from Israel:

And he chose blameless priests, such as had pleasure in the law:

And the man Judas and his kindred were glorified exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and of all the Gentiles, wherever their name was heard of;

and he gave himself to deliver his people, and to get him an everlasting name;

Even so discomfit you this army before us today, and let all the rest know that he has spoken wickedly against your sanctuary, and judge you him according to his wickedness.

And the rest of the acts of Judas, and his wars, and the valiant deeds which he did, and his greatness, they are not written; for they were exceeding many.

And the sword ceased from Israel. And Jonathan lived at Michmash; and Jonathan began to judge the people; and he destroyed the ungodly out of Israel.

I yield up also my authority over the citadel which is at Jerusalem, and give it to the high priest, that he may appoint in it such men as he shall choose to keep it.

Forasmuch as I am returned to my kingdom, and am set on the throne of my fathers, and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and have gotten possession of our country;

And the king made him sit with him, and said to his princes, Go forth with him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any matter, and let no man trouble him for any manner of cause.

and he encouraged them, and said to them, You⌃ yourselves know all the things that I, and my kindred, and my father’s house, have done for the laws and the sanctuary, and the battles and the distresses which we have seen:

And he put all uncleanness out of it, and placed in it such men as would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built therein a dwelling place for himself.

And they cried out to Simon, that he should give them his right hand; and he gave it to them: and he put them out from thence, and he cleansed the citadel from its pollutions.

And the land had rest all the days of Simon: and he sought the good of his nation; and and his authority and his glory was well-pleasing to them all his days.

And he strengthened all those of his people that were brought low: the law he searched out, and every lawless and wicked person he took away.

But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his stead, and ruled the country, and the cities therein,

and the people saw the faith of Simon, and the glory which he thought to bring to his nation, and they made him their leader and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and the faith which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to exalt his people:

and that the Jews and the priests were well pleased that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until there should arise a faithful prophet;

All the people consented to ordain for Simon that he should do according to these words;

Now therefore deliver up the cities which you⌃ have taken, and the tributes of the places whereof you⌃ have gotten dominion without the borders of Judea:

And Simon answered, and said to him, We have neither taken other men’s land, nor have we possession of that which appertains to others, but of the inheritance of our fathers; howbeit, it was had in possession of our enemies wrongfully for a certain time.

But we, having opportunity, hold fast the inheritance of our fathers.

Blessed be our God in all things, who gave for a prey those who had committed impiety.

And the prayer was after this manner: O Lord, Lord God, the Creator of all things, who are terrible and strong and righteous and merciful, who alone are King and gracious,

who alone suppliest every need, who alone are righteous and almighty and eternal, you that save Israel out of all evil, who made the fathers your chosen, and did sanctify them:

Plant your people in your holy place, even as Moses said.

WHEN the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,

And when Onias had sure knowledge of this, he sharply reproved him, having withdrawn himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that lies by Antioch.

For the which cause not only Jews, but many also of the other nations, had indignation and displeasure at the unjust murder of the man.

For indeed that those who act impiously be not let alone any long time, but straightway meet with retribution, is a sign of great beneficence.

Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, a man already well stricken in years, and of a noble countenance, was compelled to open his mouth to eat swine’s flesh.

coming forward as men ought to come that are resolute to repel such things as not even for the natural love of life is it lawful to taste.

But he, having formed a high resolve, and one that became his years, and the dignity of old age, and the gray hairs which he had reached with honor, and his excellent education from a child, or rather that became the holy laws of God’s ordaining, declared his mind accordingly, bidding them quickly send him to Hades.

For it becomes not our years to dissemble, said he, that through this many of the young should suppose that Eleazar, the man of fourscore years and ten, had gone over to an alien religion;

Wherefore, by manfully parting with my life now, I will show myself worthy of my old age,