Quotes About Righteousness

Does morality consist in obedience to the will of a perfectly moral Being, and are we to aim at righteousness of life because in so doing we please God? Or are we to lead noble lives because nobility of life is desirable for itself alone, and because it spreads happiness around us and satisfies the desires of our own nature?

These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. "Who a person is-how they conduct their lives-will influence a child for righteousness

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.

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.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

The Lord is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.

Wealth is useless on the day of wrath, but virtue saves from death.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

The path of the righteous ones is like the bright light that is getting lighter and lighter until the day is firmly established.

When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

I wasn't built to look the other way because the law demanded it. The law might be wrong.

Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness for squeamishness.

Make no mistake, character is a supreme issue with God. But His approach is much different than ours. His righteousness/character is not built into us by our own efforts. It is developed when we quit striving and learn to abandon ourselves completely to His will.

For the word of the Lord is right, and all His work is done in truth. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord" (Ps. 33:4–5). One of the definitions for this word full is "having no empty space." It's beautiful. The world has no empty spaces untouched by God's goodness. That being the case, no one has to look far to find this treasure. But one may have to look differently.

Evil often thrives in the absence of an authentic righteous standard.

Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right. Not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom—here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved.