Conduct Pertaining to Righteousness (3 of 4)

Conduct Studies aim to increase the believer's understanding of holy etiquette and righteous acts in order that they may apply themself and conform to the image of God and God's kingdom. This list covers conduct pertaining to righteousness.

Partaker

Partaker (Partakers/Partakest)

Instruction

Ephesians 5:5-7 KJV - "5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them."

1 Timothy 5:22 KJV - "Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure."

2 Timothy 2:6 KJV - "The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits."

Revelation 18:4 KJV - "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."

Wisdom

1 Corinthians 10:17-18, 21 KJV - "17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? … 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils."

2 Peter 1:3-4 KJV - "3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."

Peacemakers

Wisdom

Matthew 5:9 KJV — "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."

James 3:18 KJV — "And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace."

Perfect

Perfect (Perfecting/Perfectness)

Instruction

2 Chronicles 19:9 KJV - "And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart."

Matthew 5:48 KJV - "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."

2 Corinthians 13:11 KJV - "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you."

James 1:4 KJV - "But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."

Learn

Ephesians 4:11-13 KJV - "11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:"

2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV - "16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."

1 Peter 5:8-10 KJV - "8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."

Wisdom

Job 9:20 KJV - "If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse."

Job 22:3 KJV - "Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?"

Psalm 101:6 KJV - "Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me."

Proverbs 11:5 KJV - "The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness."

Luke 6:40 KJV - "The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master."

1 Corinthians 2:6 KJV - "Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:"

Philippians 3:12-15 KJV - "12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you."

Colossians 1:28 KJV - "Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:"

Colossians 3:14 KJV - "And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness."

James 3:2 KJV - "For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body."

1 John 4:17-18 KJV - "17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."

Implication

Psalm 37:37 KJV - "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace."

Proverbs 2:21 KJV - "For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it."

Affirmation

Psalm 101:2 KJV - "I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart."

Philippians 3:12 KJV - "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus."

Testimonial

Genesis 6:9 KJV - "These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God."

1 Chronicles 12:38 KJV - "All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king."

Job 1:1 KJV - "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil."

Job 1:8 KJV - "And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?"

Job 2:3 KJV - "And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause."

Prepared

Prepared (Prepare)

Wisdom

2 Timothy 2:21 KJV — "If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work."

Affirmation

Exodus 15:2 KJV — "The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him."

Purge

Purge (Purged)

Instruction

1 Corinthians 5:7 KJV - "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:"

Implication

2 Timothy 2:21 KJV - "If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work."

Testimonials

2 Chronicles 34:1, 3, 8 KJV - "1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. ... 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. ... 8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God."

Pure-Heart

Implication

Psalm 24:3-4 KJV — "Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully."

Matthew 5:8 KJV — "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”

Purify

Purify (Purifying/ Purifieth/ Purified)

Instruction

James 4:8 KJV - "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded."

Wisdom

1 John 3:3 KJV - "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure."

Testimonials

Numbers 8:21 KJV - "And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them."

Ezra 6:20 KJV - "For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves."

Nehemiah 12:30 KJV - "And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall."

Job 41:25 KJV - "When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves."

Acts 21:18-26 KJV - "18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: 21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. 22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; 24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. 25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them."

Acts 24:18 KJV - "Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult."

1 Peter 1:22 KJV - "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:"

Prophetic

Daniel 12:9-10 KJV - "9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand."

Purpose

Purpose (Purposed)

Wisdom

Proverbs 20:18 KJV - "Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war."

Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV - "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"

Ecclesiastes 3:17 KJV - "I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."

Ecclesiastes 8:6 KJV - "Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him."

Affirmation

Psalm 17:3 KJV - "Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress."

Quiet

Quiet (Quietness/ Quieted)

Instruction

Acts 19:36 KJV - "Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly."

1 Thessalonians 4:11 KJV - "And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;"

2 Thessalonians 3:12 KJV - "Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread."

1 Peter 3:3-4 KJV - "3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."

Wisdom

Proverbs 17:1 KJV - "Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife."

Ecclesiastes 4:6 KJV - "Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit."

Ecclesiastes 9:17 KJV - "The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools."

Isaiah 32:17 KJV - "And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."

Testimonials

Psalm 35:20 KJV - "For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land."

Psalm 131:2 KJV - "Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child."

Jeremiah 51:59 KJV - "The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince."

Renounced

Testimonials

2 Corinthians 4:1-2 KJV - "1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God."

Repent

Repent (Repentance/ Repented)

Instruction

Ezekiel 14:6 KJV — "Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations."

Ezekiel 18:30 KJV — "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin."

Matthew 3:8 KJV — "Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:"

Luke 3:8 KJV — "Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham."

Acts 8:22 KJV — "Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee."

Acts 17:30 KJV — "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:"

Acts 26:20 KJV — "But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance."

Hebrews 6:1 KJV — "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,"

Revelation 2:5 KJV — "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent."

Revelation 2:16 KJV — "Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth."

Revelation 2:22 KJV — "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds."

Revelation 3:3 KJV — "Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee."

Revelation 3:19 KJV — "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."

Wisdom

Matthew 9:13 KJV — "But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Mark 2:17 KJV — "When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Luke 5:32 KJV — "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Luke 13:3, 5 KJV — "3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish…. 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”

2 Timothy 2:25 KJV — "In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;”

Implication

1 Kings 8:47-50 KJV - "47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:" (also 2 Chronicles 6: 27-42) 

1 Kings 9:1-3 KJV - "1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, 2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. 3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually."

Testimonials

Judges 21:6 KJV — "And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day."

Judges 21:15 KJV — "And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel."

Job 42:6 KJV — "Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

Jeremiah 31:19 KJV — "Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth."

Matthew 12:41 KJV — "The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here."

Luke 11:32 KJV — "The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here."

Matthew 21:29 KJV — "He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went."

Matthew 27:3 KJV — "Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,"

2 Corinthians 7:9 KJV — "Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing."

Righteous

Righteousness (Righteous)

Instruction

Daniel 4:27 KJV - "Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity."

Hosea 10:12 KJV - "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you."

Zephaniah 2:3 KJV - "Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger."

Romans 6:19 KJV - "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."

1 Corinthians 15:34 KJV - "Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame."

Ephesians 4:24 KJV - "And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness."

Ephesians 6:14 KJV - "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;"

1 Timothy 6:11 KJV - "But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness."

2 Timothy 2:22 KJV - "Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart."

Imploration

Philippians 1:9-11 KJV - "And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God."

1 Peter 2:24 KJV - "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."

Learn

Psalm 5:8 KJV - "Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face."

Psalm 119:40 KJV - "Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness."

Psalm 23:3 KJV - "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake."

Proverbs 2:1-9, 20 KJV - "1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. ... 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous."

Proverbs 8:20 KJV - "I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:"

Isaiah 26:9 KJV - "With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness."

Titus 2:12 KJV - "Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;"

Test

Psalm 11:5 KJV - "The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth."

Wisdom

Deuteronomy 6:25 KJV — "And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us."

Deuteronomy 24:12-13 KJV - "And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God."

Job 17:9 KJV — "The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger."

Psalm 1:6 KJV - "For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish."

Psalm 37:16 KJV - "A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked."

Proverbs 3:32 KJV - "For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous."

Proverbs 10:16 KJV - "The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin."

Proverbs 10:25 KJV - "As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation."

Proverbs 10:32 KJV - "The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness."

Proverbs 11:4 KJV - "Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death."

Proverbs 11:5 KJV - "The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness."

Proverbs 11:10 KJV - "When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting."

Proverbs 11:19 KJV - "As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death."

Proverbs 11:23 KJV - "The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath."

Proverbs 11:30 KJV - "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise."

Proverbs 12:5 KJV - "The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."

Proverbs 12:12 KJV - "The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit."

Proverbs 12:17 KJV - "He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit."

Proverbs 12:26 KJV - "The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them."

Proverbs 12:28 KJV - "In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death."

Proverbs 13:5 KJV - "A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame."

Proverbs 13:6 KJV - "Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner."

Proverbs 13:9 KJV - "The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out."

Proverbs 13:25 KJV - "The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want."

Proverbs 14:32 KJV - "The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death."

Proverbs 14:34 KJV - "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."

Proverbs 15:28 KJV - "The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things."

Proverbs 16:8 KJV - "Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right."

Proverbs 16:31 KJV - "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness."

Proverbs 18:10 KJV - "The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe."

Proverbs 21:12 KJV - "The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness."

Proverbs 28:1 KJV - "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion."

Proverbs 29:6 KJV - "In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice."

Isaiah 54:14 KJV - "In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee."

Ezekiel 3:21 KJV - "Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul."

Ephesians 5:9 KJV - "(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)"

2 Timothy 3:16 KJV - "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"

Hebrews 12:11 KJV - "Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby."

James 5:16 KJV - "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

1 Peter 3:14 KJV - "But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;"

1 John 3:7 KJV - "Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous."

Revelation 22:11 KJV - "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still."

Implication

1 Samuel 26:23 KJV — "The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed."

1 Kings 8:32 KJV — "Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness."

2 Chronicles 6:23 KJV — "Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness."

Job 33:26 KJV — "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."

Psalm 5:12 KJV - "For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield."

Psalm 14:5 KJV - "There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous."

Psalm 15:1 KJV - "1 A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart."

Psalm 34:15 KJV - "The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry."

Psalm 34:17 KJV - "The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles."

Psalm 34:19 KJV - "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all."

Psalm 37:17 KJV - "For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous."

Psalm 37:25 KJV - "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread."

Psalm 37:29 KJV - "The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever."

Psalm 37:39 KJV - "But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble."

Psalm 55:22 KJV - "Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."

Psalm 58:10 KJV - "The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked."

Psalm 58:11 KJV - "So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth."

Psalm 64:10 KJV - "The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory."’

Psalm 92:12 KJV - "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon."

Psalm 97:11 KJV - "Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart."

Psalm 106:3 KJV - "Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times."

Psalm 112:6 KJV - "Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance."

Psalm 146:8 KJV - "The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:"

Proverbs 2:7 KJV - "He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly."

Proverbs 10:2 KJV - "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death."

Proverbs 10:3 KJV - "The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked."

Proverbs 10:24 KJV - "The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted."

Proverbs 10:28 KJV - "The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish."

Proverbs 10:30 KJV - "The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth."

Proverbs 11:6 KJV - "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness."

Proverbs 11:8 KJV - "The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead."

Proverbs 11:18 KJV - "The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward."

Proverbs 11:21 KJV - "Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered."

Proverbs 11:28 KJV - "He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch."

Proverbs 12:3 KJV - "A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved."

Proverbs 12:7 KJV - "The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand."

Proverbs 13:21 KJV - "Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed."

Proverbs 14:9 KJV - "Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour."

Proverbs 15:6 KJV - "In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble."

Proverbs 15:9 KJV - "The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness."

Proverbs 15:19 KJV - "The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain."

Proverbs 15:29 KJV - "The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous."

Proverbs 21:21 KJV - "He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour."

Isaiah 3:10 KJV - "Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings."

Isaiah 26:2 KJV - "Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in."

Isaiah 32:17 KJV - "And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."

Isaiah 33:15-16 KJV - "He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure."

Isaiah 58:6-11 KJV - "6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not."

Isaiah 64:5 KJV - "Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved."

Ezekiel 18:20 KJV - "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him."

Ezekiel 18:22 KJV - "All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live."

Matthew 5:6 KJV - "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."

Matthew 5:10 KJV - "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Acts 10:35 KJV - "But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him."

2 Timothy 4:8 KJV - "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."

1 Peter 3:12 KJV - "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil."

Affirmation

Psalm 119:106 KJV - "I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments."

Psalm 118:19-20 KJV - "19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: 20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter."

Proverbs 8:8 KJV - "All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them."

Coterie

Psalm 32:11 KJV - "Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart."

Psalm 33:1 KJV - "Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright."

Psalm 68:3 KJV - "But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice."

Psalm 97:12 KJV - "Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness."

Isaiah 51:1 KJV - "Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged."

Isaiah 51:7 KJV - "Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings."

Testimonials

Genesis 7:1 KJV — "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."

2 Samuel 22:21 KJV — "The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me."

2 Samuel 22:25 KJV — "Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight."

1 Kings 3:6 KJV — "And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day."

2 Kings 10:9 KJV — "And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?"

Psalm 18:20, 24 KJV - "The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. ... Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight."

Psalm 106:30-31 KJV - "Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore."

Proverbs 8:18 KJV - "Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness."

Ezekiel 14:14 KJV - "Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD."

Ezekiel 14:20 KJV - "Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness."

Luke 1:5-6 KJV - "There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless."

Hebrews 11:4 KJV - "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh."

1 John 3:12 KJV - "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."

Hebrews 11:33 KJV - "Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,"

Prophetic

Psalm 37:6 KJV - "And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday."

Psalm 107:42 KJV - "The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth."

Psalm 140:13 KJV - "Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence."

Proverbs 11:31 KJV - "Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner."

Proverbs 29:16 KJV - "When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall."

Ecclesiastes 3:17 KJV - "I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."

Isaiah 60:21 KJV - "Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified."

Isaiah 61:3 KJV - "To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified."

Malachi 3:16-18 KJV - "Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not."