Quotes About Righteousness

Mags, there will be many things that you should be afraid of. I am not telling you to never be afraid. But you must not let fear rule you. It should guide you, not govern you. And you should never allow it to stop you from doing what is right.:

I would love to get my hands on whoever did this. But he already knew that he could administer all the punishment in the world, and it would have no effect, because the ones who had done this were stupid people, who had absolutely no doubt that they were in the right. No matter what they were told, no matter how many times they got caught and punished, they would go straight out and do it again. They knew they were right, and nothing would shake that faith.

Godliness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. PROVERBS 14:34

Bravery is good when the cause is good.

The essence of the conception of righteousness, therefore, is to afford an outlet for sadism by cloaking cruelty as justice.

Lord, please help me to revere Your name. You have promised that, if I do, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings and that I will go out and leap like a calf released from the stall. (Mal. 4:2)

God reserves the right to say what gets to enter the gates and what does not. Revelation 21 concludes with these words: "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Every time we believe God, He credits it to our account as righteousness.

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back. 2 Peter 2:21

Your injured heart will be protected by your doing what is right until you feel what is right.

Rid yourselves of all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. 1 Peter 2:1

The fruit of the light results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth— discerning what is pleasing to the Lord. Ephesians 5:9–10

God can credit our faith as righteousness without concern that we'll take advantage of the freedom. He knows faith that doesn't lead to obedience is all talk and no walk.

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16

if peace is the fruit of righteousness (Isa. 32:17), then joy is the wine from the fruit! Joy will ultimately flow from obedience, and few things display God's splendor any more appealingly than joy!

If the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness overflows with even more glory. 2 Corinthians 3:9

God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: " The righteous will live by faith." Romans 1:17

Now you, man of God, run from these things; but pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. 1 Timothy 6:11

Peace is the fruit of righteousness which, in essence, is obedience to God's commands—the product of abiding in the vine. The wine which flows from the ripened fruit is joy!

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

The Word of God says that He is holy, most righteous, most perfect, full of splendor—He is a God who has set His affections on you. Keep

And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the LORD, to glorify Him. Isaiah 61:3

The result of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. Isaiah 32:17

You don't have to take an ethics course. You don't have to know God well to know that, if he is righteous at all, some things are wrong. If he is good at all, some things are evil. If God is love, then nothing is more blasphemous than hate.