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22 Bible Verses About Righteousness

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  • Genesis 15:6 says Abram believed the LORD and it was credited to him as righteousness, and it is quoted in Romans 4:3, Galatians 3:6 and James 2:23.
  • Romans 1:17 quotes Habakkuk 2:4, “The righteous will live by faith,” where the NIV of Habakkuk reads “by his faithfulness.”
  • The Catechism of the Catholic Church quotes Romans 3:22 for righteousness communicated by the Holy Spirit, and the Westminster Confession says justification is by pardon and accounting as righteous, not by infusing righteousness.
  • Micah 6:8 answers the question of what to bring before the LORD, burnt offerings or thousands of rams, with justice, mercy and walking humbly with God.
  • Proverbs 10:2 and Proverbs 11:4 share the same line: “righteousness delivers from death.”

In the Bible, righteousness is being in the right with God and doing what is right. Abram is credited with it because he believed God (Genesis 15:6), Paul says it is given through faith in Jesus Christ (Romans 3:22, Philippians 3:9), and Jesus tells his hearers to seek it first (Matthew 6:33). The Hebrew word in Genesis 15:6 is tsedaqah, which covers both righteousness and justice. The New Testament word is dikaiosune, the word in Romans 1:17 for “the righteousness…

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Bibliography (Click to show)

Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1987, “Justification.” vatican.va

The Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 11, “Of Justification.” opc.org

Strong’s Hebrew 6666, צְדָקָה (tsedaqah): righteousness, justice, rightness. biblehub.com/hebrew/6666

Strong’s Greek 1343, δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosune): righteousness, justice. biblehub.com/greek/1343

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