Quotes About Righteousness

Do what's right while the sun still shines.

The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]

He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.

Every unjust act, even committed for the sake of a just cause, carries its curse with it.

Even when we are punished for the wrong reasons, there is always a real cause for our punishment. Every unjust act, even committed for the sake of a just cause, carries its curse with it.

In the Chinese language the word for righteousness is a combination of two characters, the figure of a lamb and a person. The lamb is on top, covering the person. Whenever God looks down at you, this is what he sees: the perfect Lamb of God covering you.

But prayer isn't asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right.

prayer isn't asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to do what is right.

Revenge is irreverent … To forgive someone is to display reverence. Forgiveness is not saying the one who hurt you was right. Forgiveness is stating that God is faithful and he will do what is right.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless (Psalm 84:11).

Can you imagine the restaurant host removing his tuxedo coat and offering it to me? Jesus does. We're not talking about an ill-fitting, leftover jacket. He offers a robe of seamless purity and dons my patchwork coat of pride, greed, and selfishness. "He changed places with us" (Gal. 3:13). He wore our sin so we could wear his righteousness.

35So do not lose the courage you had in the past, which has a great reward. 36You must hold on, so you can do what God wants and receive what he has promised. 37For in a very short time, "The One who is coming will come and will not be delayed. 38Those who are right with me will live by faith. But if they turn back with fear, I will not be pleased with them.

El SEÑOR es bueno y hace lo correcto; les muestra el buen camino a los que andan descarriados. Guía a los humildes para que hagan lo correcto; les enseña su camino. SALMOS 25.8–9 (NTV)

3This is what the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: Change your lives and do what is right!

Read this definition of calm: "For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. His heart is steady" (Ps. 112:6–8 ESV). According to this verse, where does steadiness originate?

My anger, because I am old, is considered a sign of madness or senility. Is this not cruel? Are we to be deprived even of righteous anger? Is even irritability to be treated as a "symptom"? There

If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking.

See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.

Don't do anything that you think is wrong. Just do what you think is right, and then be ready to back it up even with your life.

You don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.

See you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing you do it without thinking.

Mother whispered, 'See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing, If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.

Mother whispered, "See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Tim. 3:16-17)