Quotes About Righteousness

The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean.

Man's laws cannot make moral what God has declared immoral

The true Gospel of Jesus Christ is a revelation of how God has taken sinful man and made him a new creature and imparted to him a perfect righteousness.

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.

Nothing can damn a man but his own righteousness; nothing can save him but the righteousness of Christ.

No man taketh away sins (which the law, though holy, just and good, could not take away), but He in whom there is no sin.

The purified righteous man has become a coin of the Lord, and has the impress of his King stamped upon him.

Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God.

To the self-righteous, being judged according to deeds does not seem too alarming but to the man who knows himself the thought is terrifying.

I have killed no men, that, in the first place, didn't deserve killing

Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

The only thing to do when a man is wrong is to be right by ceasing to be wrong.

The subject then of these chapters may be stated thus, - man's only righteousness is through the mercy of God in Christ, which being offered by the Gospel is apprehended by faith.

If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it; you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course.

The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.

The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.

If many have their turns to rule, ... this will encourage all men to advance Righteousness and that the Commonwealth will hereby be furnished with able and experienced men, fit to govern.

With you, it seems to be merely a question of time. The legality of self-destruction—the "rightness" or "wrongness" of it—seems to have much to do with how quickly the deed is done, as well as who is doing it. The faster the death, the more "wrong" it seems to be. The slower the death, the more it slips into "okayness.

Justice is an action, not a reaction.

Christianity does not work" is the message sent into the world when we fail to live a righteous life.

It's up to you to choose whether you're going to use your body, which includes your brain, for sin or for the sake of righteousness.

While being reviled, [Jesus] did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously (1 Peter 2:23).

can satisfy the people, for their object is more righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress, while the former only desire not to be oppressed.