Quotes About Righteousness

“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

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.

You have said, ëMy doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.í

if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Will you speak wickedly on Godís behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?

Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.

Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

This is the wicked manís portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

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

May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

And He said to man, ëBehold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.í”

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