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Righteous
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For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'
but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy <FI>are ye<Fi> ! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,
`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.
(not by works that <FI>are<Fi> in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,
for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.
Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;
but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.
because the eyes of the Lord <FI>are<Fi> upon the righteous, and His ears--to their supplication, and the face of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon those doing evil;'
who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,
The eyes of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.
To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.
and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;
For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,
As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;
if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.
and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;
And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say <FI>it<Fi> .
and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,
For--to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous.
Righteous <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works.
for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.
And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness--and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.
Many <FI>are<Fi> the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.
For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!
Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples <FI>is<Fi> a sin-offering.
Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh, — read the full passage →
And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness, — read the full passage →
I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.
Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.
and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety, — read the full passage →
He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?
`And this <FI>is<Fi> the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, — read the full passage →
Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,
I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness <FI>be<Fi> through law--then Christ died in vain.
And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, — read the full passage →
Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Every way of a man <FI>is<Fi> right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.
For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.
not having my righteousness, which <FI>is<Fi> of law, but that which <FI>is<Fi> through faith of Christ--the righteousness that is of God by the faith,
The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,
The burden of a word of Jehovah against the land of Hadrach, and Demmeseh--his place of rest: (When to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the eye of man, And of all the tribes of Israel.) — read the full passage →
Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.
Better <FI>is<Fi> the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked. — read the full passage →
To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' --A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation. — read the full passage →
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother. — read the full passage →
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother. — read the full passage →
Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly. — read the full passage →
`Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth! — read the full passage →
Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways. — read the full passage →
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →
`Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land--she hath no raiser up.'
and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire--in nothing lacking;
Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.
A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me--in Thy righteousness. — read the full passage →
Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell <FI>in<Fi> the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men, — read the full passage →
And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle <FI>you<Fi> ;
`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.
being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that <FI>is<Fi> through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.
draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.
We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;
And Jehovah answereth me and saith: `Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.
Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,
that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →
Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →
With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest. — read the full passage →
I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.
according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one;
`Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.
Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil, — read the full passage →
Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,
every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,
see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;
Ascribe ye greatness to Jehovah with me, And we exalt His name together.
In Jehovah doth my soul boast herself, Hear do the humble and rejoice.
and of Him ye--ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,
having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,
And we are as unclean--all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf--all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.
And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness--Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.
for with the heart doth <FI>one<Fi> believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;
With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who <FI>is<Fi> wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!
so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.
for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.
And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'
Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.
And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →
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