All 22 Uses of
righteous
in
Job
- 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?†
Chpt 1-5
- 6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.†
Chpt 6-10 *
- 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; 8:5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 8:6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.†
Chpt 6-10
- 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.†
Chpt 6-10
- 10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head.†
Chpt 6-10
- 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?†
Chpt 11-15
- 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.†
Chpt 16-20
- 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?†
Chpt 21-25
- 22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.†
Chpt 21-25
- 23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.†
Chpt 21-25
- 27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.†
Chpt 26-30
- 27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.†
Chpt 26-30
- 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.†
Chpt 26-30
- 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.†
Chpt 31-35
- 33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.†
Chpt 31-35
- 34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.†
Chpt 31-35
- 35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?†
Chpt 31-35
- 35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?†
Chpt 31-35
- 35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.†
Chpt 31-35
- 36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.†
Chpt 36-42
- 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.†
Chpt 36-42
- 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?†
Chpt 36-42
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-")