Haller's Concordance: RIGHTEOUS
- These are births of Noah: Noah is a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually. Gen. 6:9
- And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation; Gen. 7:1
- And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, `Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked? Gen. 18:23
- peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who are in its midst? Gen. 18:24
- Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?' Gen. 18:25
- And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.' Gen. 18:26
- peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, `I destroy it not, if I find there forty and five.' Gen. 18:28
- And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay? Gen. 20:4
- And Judah discerneth and saith, `She hath been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to Shelah my son;' and he hath not added to know her again. Gen. 38:26
- And Pharaoh sendeth, and calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith unto them, `I have sinned this time, Jehovah is the Righteous, and I and my people are the Wicked, Ex. 9:27
- from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man. Ex. 23:7
- `And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-eyed, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Ex. 23:8
- righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt; Lev. 19:36
- and which is the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day? Dt. 4:8
- `Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment. Dt. 16:18
- Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Dt. 16:19
- `When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer, Dt. 25:1
- The Rock! -- perfect is His work, For all His ways are just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright is He. Dt. 32:4
- Peoples to the mountain they call, There they sacrifice righteous sacrifices; For the abundance of the seas they suck, And hidden things hidden in the sand. Dt. 33:19
- By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of Jehovah, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then ruled in the gates have the people of Jehovah. Judg. 5:11
- and, now, station yourselves, and I judge you before Jehovah, with all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which He did with you, and with your fathers. 1 Sam. 12:7
- And he saith unto David, `More righteous thou art than I; for thou hast done me good, and I have done thee evil; 1 Sam. 24:17
- Also -- when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?' 2 Sam. 4:11
- And Absalom saith, `Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment? -- then I have declared him righteous.' 2 Sam. 15:4
- He said -- the God of Israel -- to me, He spake -- the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man is righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God. 2 Sam. 23:3
- and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah; 1 Ki. 2:32
- then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to declare wicked the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 1 Ki. 8:32
- And it cometh to pass in the morning, that he goeth out, and standeth, and saith unto all the people, `Righteous are ye; lo, I have conspired against my lord, and slay him -- and who smote all these? 2 Ki. 10:9
- then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness. 2 Chr. 6:23
- and the heads of Israel are humbled, and the king, and they say, `Righteous is Jehovah.' 2 Chr. 12:6
- `O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous art Thou, for we have been left an escape, as it is this day; lo, we are before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.' Ezra 9:15
- and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed. `And Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou art righteous, Neh. 9:8
- and Thou art righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly; Neh. 9:33
- `Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner? Job 4:17
- Truly I have known that it is so, And what -- is man righteous with God? Job 9:2
- Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication. Job 9:15
- If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse. Job 9:20
- A laughter to his friend I am: `He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one. Job 12:4
- Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous. Job 13:18
- What is man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman? Job 15:14
- And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all. Job 17:9
- Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways? Job 22:3
- See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them, Job 22:19
- And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman? Job 25:4
- He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion. Job 27:17
- He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity. Job 31:6
- And these three men cease from answering Job, for he is righteous in his own eyes, Job 32:1
- Lo, in this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man. Job 33:12
- For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right, Job 34:5
- If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive? Job 35:7
- He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high, Job 36:7
- Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous? Job 40:8
- Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous, Ps. 1:5
- For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost! Ps. 1:6
- For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him! Ps. 5:12
- Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God. Ps. 7:9
- God is a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times. Ps. 7:11
- When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous -- what hath he done? Ps. 11:3
- Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated, Ps. 11:5
- For righteous is Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!' Ps. 11:7
- There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous. Ps. 14:5
- The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together. Ps. 19:9
- Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt. Ps. 31:18
- Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart! Ps. 32:11
- Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise is comely. Ps. 33:1
- The eyes of Jehovah are unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry. Ps. 34:15
- Many are the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him. Ps. 34:19
- Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate. Ps. 34:21
- The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth. Ps. 37:12
- Better is the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked. Ps. 37:16
- For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous. Ps. 37:17
- The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving. Ps. 37:21
- Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread. Ps. 37:25
- The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it. Ps. 37:29
- The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment. Ps. 37:30
- The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death. Ps. 37:32
- And the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity. Ps. 37:39
- Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging. Ps. 51:4
- And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him. Ps. 52:6
- Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous. Ps. 55:22
- The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked. Ps. 58:10
- And man saith: `Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!' Ps. 58:11
- The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart! Ps. 64:10
- And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they joy with gladness. Ps. 68:3
- They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written. Ps. 69:28
- Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not. Ps. 72:7
- And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous! Ps. 75:10
- Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous. Ps. 82:3
- The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. Ps. 92:12
- They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked. Ps. 94:21
- Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart -- joy. Ps. 97:11
- Rejoice, ye righteous, in Jehovah, And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness! Ps. 97:12
- Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous. Ps. 112:4
- For -- to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous. Ps. 112:6
- Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God is merciful, Ps. 116:5
- A voice of singing and salvation, Is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. Ps. 118:15
- This is the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it. Ps. 118:20
- I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me. Ps. 119:75
- Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments. Ps. 119:137
- Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful, Ps. 119:138
- My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands are righteous. Ps. 119:172
- For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands. Ps. 125:3
- Jehovah is righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked. Ps. 129:4
- Only -- the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence! Ps. 140:13
- The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations. Ps. 141:5
- Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me! Ps. 142:7
- Righteous is Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works. Ps. 145:17
- Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous, Ps. 146:8
- That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep. Pr. 2:20
- The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth. Pr. 3:33
- And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established, Pr. 4:18
- Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning. Pr. 9:9
- Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away. Pr. 10:3
- Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence. Pr. 10:6
- The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot. Pr. 10:7
- A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence. Pr. 10:11
- The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin. Pr. 10:16
- The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing. Pr. 10:20
- The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die. Pr. 10:21
- The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given. Pr. 10:24
- As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during. Pr. 10:25
- The hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth. Pr. 10:28
- The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth. Pr. 10:30
- The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out. Pr. 10:31
- The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness! Pr. 10:32
- The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him. Pr. 11:8
- With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out. Pr. 11:9
- In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked is singing. Pr. 11:10
- Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped. Pr. 11:21
- The desire of the righteous is only good, The hope of the wicked is transgression. Pr. 11:23
- Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish. Pr. 11:28
- The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise. Pr. 11:30
- Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner! Pr. 11:31
- A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved. Pr. 12:3
- The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit. Pr. 12:5
- Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth. Pr. 12:7
- The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked are cruel. Pr. 12:10
- The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth. Pr. 12:12
- In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress. Pr. 12:13
- No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil. Pr. 12:21
- The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err. Pr. 12:26
- A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded. Pr. 13:5
- The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished. Pr. 13:9
- Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous. Pr. 13:21
- A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous is the sinner's wealth. Pr. 13:22
- The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh! Pr. 13:25
- The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous. Pr. 14:19
- In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous. Pr. 14:32
- In the house of the righteous is abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble. Pr. 15:6
- The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things. Pr. 15:28
- Far is Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth. Pr. 15:29
- The delight of kings are righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth, Pr. 16:13
- Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these are an abomination to Jehovah. Pr. 17:15
- Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness. Pr. 17:26
- Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment. Pr. 18:5
- A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high. Pr. 18:10
- Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him. Pr. 18:17
- The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him! Pr. 20:7
- The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness. Pr. 21:12
- To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity. Pr. 21:15
- The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer. Pr. 21:18
- All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not. Pr. 21:26
- The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him. Pr. 23:24
- Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place. Pr. 24:15
- For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil. Pr. 24:16
- Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou art righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him. Pr. 24:24
- A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked. Pr. 25:26
- The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident. Pr. 28:1
- In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive. Pr. 28:12
- In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply! Pr. 28:28
- In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh. Pr. 29:2
- In the transgression of the evil is a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice. Pr. 29:6
- The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge. Pr. 29:7
- In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplieth, And the righteous on their fall do look. Pr. 29:16
- An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way! Pr. 29:27
- I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time is to every matter and for every work there.' Eccl. 3:17
- The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging himself in his wrong. Eccl. 7:15
- Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not. Eccl. 7:20
- There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also is vanity. Eccl. 8:14
- But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole is before them. Eccl. 9:1
- The whole is as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as is the good, so is the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath. Eccl. 9:2
- Say ye to the righteous, that it is good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat. Isa. 3:10
- Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him. Isa. 5:23
- From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, `Leanness is to me, Leanness is to me, wo is to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously. Isa. 24:16
- Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness. Isa. 26:2
- The path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder. Isa. 26:7
- Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous. Isa. 29:21
- Who stirred up from the east a righteous one? He calleth him to His foot, He giveth before him nations, And kings He causeth him to rule, He giveth them as dust to his sword, As driven stubble to his bow. Isa. 41:2
- Who hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, `Righteous?' yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming, Yea, there is none hearing your sayings. Isa. 41:26
- All the nations have been gathered together, And the peoples are assembled, Who among them declareth this, And former things causeth us to hear? They give their witnesses, And they are declared righteous, And they hear and say, `Truth.' Isa. 43:9
- Declare ye, and bring near, Yea, they take counsel together, Who hath proclaimed this from of old? From that time hath declared it? Is it not I -- Jehovah? And there is no other god besides Me, A God righteous and saving, there is none save Me. Isa. 45:21
- Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered? Isa. 49:24
- Of the labour of his soul he seeth -- he is satisfied, Through his knowledge give righteousness Doth the righteous one, My servant, to many, And their iniquities he doth bear. Isa. 53:11
- The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying it to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one. Isa. 57:1
- And thy people are all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified. Isa. 60:21
- And we are as unclean -- all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf -- all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away. Isa. 64:6
- Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers. Jer. 12:1
- And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause. Jer. 20:12
- Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth. Jer. 23:5
- Righteous is Jehovah, For His mouth I have provoked. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and see my pain, My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. Lam. 1:18
- Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous, Lam. 4:13
- `And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require. Ezek. 3:20
- And thou, because thou hast warned him -- the righteous -- that the righteous sin not, and he hath not sinned, he surely liveth, because he hath been warned; and thou thy soul hast delivered.' Ezek. 3:21
- Because of paining the heart of the righteous with falsehood, And I have not pained it, And strengthening the hands of the wicked, So as not to turn back from his evil way, To keep him alive, Ezek. 13:22
- Thou also -- bear thy shame, That thou hast adjudged to thy sisters, Because of thy sins that thou hast done more abominably than they, They are more righteous than thou, And thou, also, be ashamed and bear thy shame, In thy justifying thy sisters. Ezek. 16:52
- And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness, Ezek. 18:5
- In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept -- to deal truly, Righteous is he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. Ezek. 18:9
- The soul that doth sin -- it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him. Ezek. 18:20
- And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth -- thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die. Ezek. 18:24
- In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, And he is dying by them, for his perversity That he hath done he dieth. Ezek. 18:26
- and thou hast said unto the ground of Israel: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am against thee, And have brought out My sword from its scabbard, And have cut off from thee righteous and wicked. Ezek. 21:3
- Because that I have cut off from thee righteous and wicked, Therefore go out doth My sword from its scabbard, Unto all flesh, from south to north. Ezek. 21:4
- As to righteous men, they judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, And the judgment of women shedding blood, For they are adulteresses, And blood is in their hands. Ezek. 23:45
- And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous doth not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And the wickedness of the wicked, He doth not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning. Ezek. 33:12
- In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And -- he hath trusted on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts are not remembered, And for his perversity that he hath done, For it he doth die. Ezek. 33:13
- In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it. Ezek. 33:18
- And Jehovah doth watch for the evil, and bringeth it upon us, for righteous is Jehovah our God concerning all His works that He hath done, and we have not hearkened to His voice. Dan. 9:14
- `O Lord, according to all Thy righteous acts, let turn back, I pray Thee, Thine anger and Thy fury from Thy city Jerusalem, Thy holy mount, for by our sins, and by the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Thy people are for a reproach to all our neighbours; Dan. 9:16
- `Incline, O my God, Thine ear, and hear, open Thine eyes and see our desolations, and the city on which Thy name is called; for not for our righteous acts are we causing our supplications to fall before Thee, but for Thy mercies that are many. Dan. 9:18
- Who is wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein! Hos. 14:9
- Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals. Amos 2:6
- For I have known -- many are your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside. Amos 5:12
- O My people, remember, I pray you, What counsel did Balak king of Moab, What answer him did Balaam son of Beor, (From Shittim unto Gilgal,) In order to know the righteous acts of Jehovah.' Mic. 6:5
- Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth. Hab. 1:4
- Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he, Hab. 1:13
- Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth. Hab. 2:4
- Jehovah is righteous in her midst, He doth not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light, It hath not been lacking, And the perverse doth not know shame. Zeph. 3:5
- Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and riding on an ass, And on a colt -- a son of she-asses. Zech. 9:9
- And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant. Mal. 3:18
- and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away. Mt. 1:19
- that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous. Mt. 5:45
- but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.' Mt. 9:13
- he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward, Mt. 10:41
- for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.' Mt. 12:37
- for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear. Mt. 13:17
- `Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear. Mt. 13:43
- so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous, Mt. 13:49
- and to these he said, Go ye -- also ye -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you; Mt. 20:4
- they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive. Mt. 20:7
- so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. Mt. 23:28
- `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, Mt. 23:29
- that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar: Mt. 23:35
- `Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? Mt. 25:37
- And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.' Mt. 25:46
- And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, `Nothing -- to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.' Mt. 27:19
- And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;' Mt. 27:24
- And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.' Mk. 2:17
- for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly. Mk. 6:20
- and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless, Lk. 1:6
- and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.' Lk. 1:17
- And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name is Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him, Lk. 2:25
- I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.' Lk. 5:32
- And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John, Lk. 7:29
- And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, `And who is my neighbour?' Lk. 10:29
- `And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous? Lk. 12:57
- and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.' Lk. 14:14
- `I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation. Lk. 15:7
- and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, is abomination before God; Lk. 16:15
- And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: Lk. 18:9
- I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.' Lk. 18:14
- And, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor, Lk. 20:20
- And the centurion having seen what was done, did glorify God, saying, `Really this man was righteous;' Lk. 23:47
- And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous, Lk. 23:50
- `I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me. Jn. 5:30
- judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.' Jn. 7:24
- `Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me, Jn. 17:25
- and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man -- a murderer -- to be granted to you, Acts 3:14
- and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye; Acts 4:19
- which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become, Acts 7:52
- And they said, `Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.' Acts 10:22
- and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous; Acts 13:39
- and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth, Acts 22:14
- having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous; Acts 24:15
- For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,' Rom. 1:17
- who the righteous judgment of God having known -- that those practising such things are worthy of death -- not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them. Rom. 1:32
- but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, Rom. 2:5
- for not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: -- Rom. 2:13
- let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, `That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.' Rom. 3:4
- and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- `We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous. Rom. 3:8
- according as it hath been written -- `There is none righteous, not even one; Rom. 3:10
- wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin. Rom. 3:20
- being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, Rom. 3:24
- for the shewing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who is of the faith of Jesus. Rom. 3:26
- therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law. Rom. 3:28
- yes, also of nations; since one is God who shall declare righteous the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith. Rom. 3:30
- for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god; Rom. 4:2
- and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness: Rom. 4:5
- who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous. Rom. 4:25
- Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Rom. 5:1
- for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die; Rom. 5:7
- much more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath; Rom. 5:9
- and not as through one who did sin is the free gift, for the judgment indeed is of one to condemnation, but the gift is of many offences to a declaration of `Righteous,' Rom. 5:16
- So, then, as through one offence to all men it is to condemnation, so also through one declaration of `Righteous' it is to all men to justification of life; Rom. 5:18
- for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous. Rom. 5:19
- so that the law, indeed, is holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good. Rom. 7:12
- and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify. Rom. 8:30
- Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God is He that is declaring righteous, Rom. 8:33
- And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God. 1 Cor. 6:11
- having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.' Gal. 2:16
- And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be! Gal. 2:17
- and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham -- `Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' Gal. 3:8
- and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;' Gal. 3:11
- so that the law became our child-conductor -- to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous, Gal. 3:24
- ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away; Gal. 5:4
- The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; Eph. 6:1
- according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace. Phil. 1:7
- As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as are grave, as many as are righteous, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely, as many as are of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon; Phil. 4:8
- The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. Col. 4:1
- a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer, 2 Th. 1:5
- since it is a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble, 2 Th. 1:6
- having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers, 1 Tim. 1:9
- and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory! 1 Tim. 3:16
- henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation. 2 Tim. 4:8
- but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled, Tit. 1:8
- that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during. Tit. 3:7
- and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,' Heb. 10:38
- by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak. Heb. 11:4
- to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect, Heb. 12:23
- Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar? Jas. 2:21
- Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only; Jas. 2:24
- and in like manner also Rahab the harlot -- was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth? Jas. 2:25
- ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you. Jas. 5:6
- Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man; Jas. 5:16
- because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears -- to their supplication, and the face of the Lord is upon those doing evil;' 1 Pet. 3:12
- because also Christ once for sin did suffer -- righteous for unrighteous -- that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit, 1 Pet. 3:18
- And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, the ungodly and sinner -- where shall he appear? 1 Pet. 4:18
- and righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct in lasciviousness of the impious, He did rescue, 2 Pet. 2:7
- for in seeing and hearing, the righteous man, dwelling among them, day by day the righteous soul with unlawful works was harassing. 2 Pet. 2:8
- if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness; 1 Jn. 1:9
- My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, 1 Jn. 2:1
- if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten. 1 Jn. 2:29
- Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous, 1 Jn. 3:7
- not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous. 1 Jn. 3:12
- and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, `Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of saints, Rev. 15:3
- who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone art kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.' Rev. 15:4
- and I heard the messenger of the waters, saying, `righteous, O Lord, art Thou, who art, and who wast, and who shalt be, because these things Thou didst judge, Rev. 16:5
- and I heard another out of the altar, saying, `Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments.' Rev. 16:7
- because true and righteous are His judgments, because He did judge the great whore who did corrupt the earth in her whoredom, and He did avenge the blood of His servants at her hand;' Rev. 19:2
- and there was given to her that she may be arrayed with fine linen, pure and shining, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.' Rev. 19:8
- he who is unrighteous -- let him be unrighteous still, and he who is filthy -- let him be filthy still, and he who is righteous -- let him be declared righteous still, and he who is sanctified -- let him be sanctified still: Rev. 22:11