Concordance

“Righteous” in the Bible

534 verses contain “righteous” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 6:9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Genesis 15:6 Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Genesis 18:23 Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 18:24 What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
Genesis 18:25 Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the…
Genesis 18:26 So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
Genesis 18:28 suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 38:26 Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
Exodus 9:27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Exodus 23:8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Numbers 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
Deuteronomy 4:8 And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
Deuteronomy 6:25 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.”
Deuteronomy 9:4 …em 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…
Deuteronomy 9:5 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…
Deuteronomy 9:6 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.
Deuteronomy 16:18 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deuteronomy 16:19 Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 24:13 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.
Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Deuteronomy 33:19 … 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…
Judges 5:11 …ingers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went…
1 Samuel 12:7 Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
1 Samuel 24:17 and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
1 Samuel 26:23 May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the…
2 Samuel 4:11 How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
2 Samuel 8:15 Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
2 Samuel 22:21 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
2 Samuel 22:25 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
1 Kings 2:32 …he knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa…
1 Kings 3:6 …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…
1 Kings 8:32 …g down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his…
1 Kings 10:9 …e for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and…
1 Chronicles 18:14 Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
2 Chronicles 6:23 …g down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his…
2 Chronicles 9:8 …er, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and…
2 Chronicles 12:6 So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
Ezra 9:15 O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
Nehemiah 9:8 …is descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are…
Job 4:17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
Job 6:29 Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
Job 8:6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
Job 9:2 “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
Job 9:20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
Job 10:15 If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
Job 12:4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 17:9 Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Job 22:3 Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
Job 22:19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
Job 27:6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
Job 27:17 what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
Job 32:1 So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 33:26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
Job 34:5 For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
Job 35:2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
Job 35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
Job 35:8 Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
Job 36:7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Job 37:23 The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
Psalms 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Psalms 1:6 For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Psalms 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
Psalms 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
Psalms 5:12 For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
Psalms 7:8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
Psalms 7:9 Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Psalms 7:11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
Psalms 7:17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Psalms 11:3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Psalms 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
Psalms 11:7 For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
Psalms 14:5 There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
Psalms 15:2 He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
Psalms 17:1 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
Psalms 18:20 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
Psalms 18:24 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
Psalms 19:9 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
Psalms 22:31 They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.
Psalms 23:3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
Psalms 31:1 In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
Psalms 31:18 May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Psalms 32:11 Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Psalms 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
Psalms 33:5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
Psalms 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Psalms 34:21 Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
Psalms 35:24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
Psalms 35:28 Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
Psalms 36:6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
Psalms 36:10 Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Psalms 37:6 He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
Psalms 37:12 The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
Psalms 37:16 Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
Psalms 37:17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Psalms 37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
Psalms 37:25 I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Psalms 37:29 The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
Psalms 37:30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Psalms 37:32 Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
Psalms 37:39 The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
Psalms 40:9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
Psalms 40:10 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…
Psalms 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Psalms 48:10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalms 50:6 And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
Psalms 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Psalms 51:19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Psalms 52:6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
Psalms 55:22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalms 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalms 58:11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
Psalms 64:10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.
Psalms 65:5 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.
Psalms 68:3 But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.
Psalms 69:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
Psalms 69:28 May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
Psalms 71:15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
Psalms 71:16 I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.
Psalms 71:19 Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
Psalms 71:24 My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Psalms 72:1 Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
Psalms 72:2 May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
Psalms 72:3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
Psalms 72:7 May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
Psalms 75:10 “All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
Psalms 85:10 Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
Psalms 85:11 Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
Psalms 85:13 Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
Psalms 88:12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Psalms 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
Psalms 89:16 They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
Psalms 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 94:15 Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Psalms 94:21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Psalms 96:13 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.
Psalms 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
Psalms 97:6 The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
Psalms 97:11 Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
Psalms 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.
Psalms 98:2 The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
Psalms 98:9 before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Psalms 99:4 The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms 103:6 The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

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