100 Bible Verses About Righteousness

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:

Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,

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?

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.

I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.

And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

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

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,

And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

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.

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

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.

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.

For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,