Quotes About Righteousness

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

As for the rest of the acts of Josiah, along with his deeds of loving devotion according to what is written in the Law of the LORD—

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.”

You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

ëCan a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

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

Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”