Righteousness

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”

When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.

…be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.

Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

…then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

…then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”

Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.

I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.

Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.

Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

…before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.

The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.

…before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.

Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.

Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

…and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.

I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

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

He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.