All 50 Uses of
righteous
in
Proverbs
- 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.†
Chpt 2
- 2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.†
Chpt 2 *
- 2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.†
Chpt 2
- 3:32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.†
Chpt 3
- 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.†
Chpt 8
- 8:18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.†
Chpt 8
- 8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: 8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.†
Chpt 8
- 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.†
Chpt 10
- 10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.†
Chpt 10
- 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.†
Chpt 10
- 10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.†
Chpt 10
- 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.†
Chpt 10
- 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.†
Chpt 10
- 10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.†
Chpt 10
- 10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.†
Chpt 10
- 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.†
Chpt 10
- 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.†
Chpt 10
- 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.†
Chpt 11
- 11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.†
Chpt 11
- 11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.†
Chpt 11
- 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.†
Chpt 11
- 11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.†
Chpt 11
- 11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.†
Chpt 11
- 11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.†
Chpt 11
- 11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.†
Chpt 11
- 11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.†
Chpt 11
- 11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.†
Chpt 11
- 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.†
Chpt 11
- 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.†
Chpt 11
- 12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.†
Chpt 12
- 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.†
Chpt 12
- 12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.†
Chpt 12
- 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.†
Chpt 12
- 12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.†
Chpt 12
- 12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.†
Chpt 12
- 12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.†
Chpt 12
- 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.†
Chpt 12
- 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.†
Chpt 13
- 13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.†
Chpt 13
- 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.†
Chpt 13
- 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.†
Chpt 13
- 13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.†
Chpt 13
- 14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.†
Chpt 14
- 14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.†
Chpt 14
- 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.†
Chpt 14
- 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.†
Chpt 14
- 15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.†
Chpt 15
- 15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.†
Chpt 15
- 15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.†
Chpt 15
- 15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.†
Chpt 15
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-")