Bible verses about "righteousness" | CLV

²⁰ For I am saying to you that, if ever your righteousness should not be superabounding more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, by no means may you be entering into the kingdom of the heavens.

⁴ For Christ is the consummation of law for righteousness to everyone who is believing.

²¹ For the One not knowing sin, He makes to be a sin offering for our sakes that we may be becoming God's righteousness in Him."

¹⁴ Yet if you may be suffering also because of righteousness, happy are you. Now you may not be afraid with their fear, nor yet be disturbed,

¹⁰ Now the God of all grace, Who calls you into His eonian glory in Christ, while briefly suffering, He will be adjusting, establishing, firming, founding you."

²² Now youthful desires flee: yet pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with all who are invoking the Lord out of a clean heart."

³ Happy are those keeping right judgment, Executing righteousness in every era."

¹⁵ He who goes in righteousness, and speaks equities, who rejects the gain of extortions, who shakes his palms from upholding a bribe, who contracts his ear from hearkening to blood plans, and restrains his eyes from seeing evil--" ¹⁶ he shall tabernacle on the heights, fastnesses of crags are his impregnable retreat. His bread shall be bestowed. His water shall be assured." ¹⁷ The king in his loveliness your eyes shall perceive. They shall see a land afar off.

¹ Being, then, justified by faith, we may be having peace toward God, through our Lord, Jesus Christ, ² through Whom we have the access also, by faith, into this grace in which we stand, and we may be glorying in expectation of the glory of God." ³ Yet not only so, but we may be glorying also in afflictions, having perceived that affliction is producing endurance, ⁴ yet endurance testedness, yet testedness expectation." ⁵ Now expectation is not mortifying, seeing that the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the holy spirit which is being given to us."

²⁹ If you should be perceiving that He is just, you know that everyone also who is doing righteousness is begotten of Him."

⁷ Little children, let no one be deceiving you. He who is doing righteousness is just, according as He is just."