All 50 Uses of
righteous
in
New Testament
- 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.†
Book 1. *righteousness = morally correct behavior
- 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.†
Book 1.
- 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.†
Book 1.
- 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.†
Book 1.
- 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.†
Book 1.
- 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.†
Book 1.
- 21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.†
Book 1.
- from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 1:73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 1:74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.†
Book 3.
- 16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.†
Book 3.unrighteousness = immoral behaviorstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrighteousness means not and reverses the meaning of righteousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- 16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?†
Book 3.unrighteous = morally wrongstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrighteous means not and reverses the meaning of righteous. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.†
Book 4.unrighteousness = immoral behaviorstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrighteousness means not and reverses the meaning of righteousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.†
Book 4.righteousness = morally correct behavior
- 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.†
Book 4.
- 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.†
Book 5.
- 13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?†
Book 5.
- 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.†
Book 5.
- 24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.†
Book 5.
- 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.†
Book 6.
- 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.†
Book 6.unrighteousness = immoral behaviorstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrighteousness means not and reverses the meaning of righteousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.†
Book 6.
- 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.†
Book 6.
- thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 2:6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 2:10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.†
Book 6.
- 2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?†
Book 6.righteousness = morally correct behavior
- 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say?†
Book 6.unrighteousness = immoral behaviorstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrighteousness means not and reverses the meaning of righteousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say?†
Book 6.righteousness = morally correct behavior
- Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance?†
Book 6.unrighteous = morally wrongstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrighteous means not and reverses the meaning of righteous. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemptio†
Book 6.righteousness = morally correct behavior
- 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declar†
Book 6.
- faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.†
Book 6.
- of the glory of God; 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.†
Book 6.
- Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.†
Book 6.
- 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.†
Book 6.
- 4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 4:7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.†
Book 6.
- for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.†
Book 6.
- 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.†
Book 6.
- 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.†
Book 6.
- 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.†
Book 6.
- 4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.†
Book 6.
- 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.†
Book 6.
- 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.†
Book 6.
- But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.†
Book 6.
- 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.†
Book 6.unrighteousness = immoral behaviorstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrighteousness means not and reverses the meaning of righteousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.†
Book 6.righteousness = morally correct behavior
- 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?†
Book 6.
- 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.†
Book 6.
- 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.†
Book 6.
- 6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.†
Book 6.
- 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.†
Book 6.
- 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.†
Book 6.
- Is there unrighteousness with God?†
Book 6.unrighteousness = immoral behaviorstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrighteousness means not and reverses the meaning of righteousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(righteous as in: a righteous cause) morally correct; or morally justified
or:
acting or feeling morally superior -- especially when it isn't true (this meaning is more typically seen as a compound word beginning with "self-") -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, righteous is used as a synonym for wonderful.