Scriptures about righteousness, justification before God, and righteous living.
14 Scripture Passages · Father’s Blessing Bible
Genesis 15:6
Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
Psalm 11:7
(10:7) for the Lord is righteous; He loves righteousness. His face beholds the upright.
Proverbs 21:3
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Isaiah 64:6
We have all become like the unclean, and all our righteousness is like filthy rags; we all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Romans 1:16–17
16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written: The righteous shall live by faith.
Romans 3:21–26
21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, to which the Law and the Prophets testify, 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and upon all who believe, for there is no distinction, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God presented as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness in the forgiveness of sins previously committed, 26 during the time of God’s patience, to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Romans 4:3–5
3 For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. 4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as grace but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
Romans 5:17–19
17 For if by the trespass of one man death reigned through one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one Jesus Christ. 18 Therefore, as through one man’s trespass there was condemnation for all people, so through one man’s righteous act there is justification leading to life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For God made Him who knew no sin to be a sacrifice for sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Philippians 3:8–9
8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God that depends on faith;
1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
1 John 3:7
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
