Top 20 Bible Verses About Righteousness

To be righteous means to obey God’s commandments and live in a way that is honorable to Him. Psalm 106:3 says, “How blessed are those who keep justice, who practice righteousness at all times!” Here are our top 20 Bible verses about righteousness!

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“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.

- Isaiah 51:7

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To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

- Proverbs 21:3

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Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;

- Isaiah 48:18

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He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.

- Psalm 33:5

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In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

- Isaiah 54:14

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Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

- Ephesians 6:14

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Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.

- Proverbs 21:21

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Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

- Daniel 4:27

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The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

- Proverbs 11:18

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The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

- 1 Samuel 26:23

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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

- Romans 14:17

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I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

- Psalm 7:17

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In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

- Proverbs 12:28

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For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.

- Isaiah 61:11

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“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

- Matthew 5:6

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He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

- 1 Peter 2:24

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For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

- 2 Corinthians 5:21

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And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

- Daniel 12:3

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All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

- 2 Timothy 3:16

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But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

- Matthew 6:33

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