All 12 Uses of
righteous
in
Genesis
- 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.†
Chpt 1-10
- 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.†
Chpt 11-20 *
- 18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?†
Chpt 11-20
- 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?†
Chpt 11-20
- 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?†
Chpt 11-20
- 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?†
Chpt 11-20
- 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?†
Chpt 11-20
- 18:26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.†
Chpt 11-20
- 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: 18:28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five?†
Chpt 11-20
- 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?†
Chpt 11-20
- 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.†
Chpt 21-30
- 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son.†
Chpt 31-40
Definition:
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(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-")