RIGHTEOUSNESS

- Is obedience to God's law De 6:25; Ro 10:5; Lu 1:6; Ps 1:2 - God loves Ps 11:7 - God looks for Isa 5:7 - CHRIST . Is the Sun of Mal 4:2 . Loves Ps 45:7; Heb 1:9 . Was girt with Isa 11:5 . Put on, as breast-plate Isa 59:17 . Was sustained by Isa 59:16 . Preached Ps 40:9 . Fulfilled all Mt 3:15 . Is made to his people 1Co 1:30 . Is the end of the law for Ro 10:4 . Has brought in everlasting Da 9:24 . Shall judge with Ps 72:2; Isa 11:4; Ac 17:31; Re 19:11 . Shall reign in Ps 45:6; Isa 32:1; Heb 1:8 . Shall execute Ps 99:4; Jer 23:6 - None, by nature have Job 15:14; Ps 14:3; Ro 3:10 - Cannot come by the law Ga 2:21; 3:21 - No justification by works of Ro 3:20; 9:31,32; Ga 2:16 - No salvation by works of Eph 2:8,9; 2Ti 1:9; Tit 3:5 - Unregenerate man seeks justification by works of Lu 18:9; Ro 10:3 - The blessing of God is not to be attributed to our works of De 9:5 - SAINTS . Have, in Christ Isa 45:24; 54:17; 2Co 5:21 . Have, imputed Ro 4:11,22 . Are covered with the robe of Isa 61:10 . Receive, from God Ps 24:5 . Are renewed in Eph 4:24 . Are led in the paths of Ps 23:3 . Are servants of Ro 6:16,18 . Characterised by Ge 18:25; Ps 1:5,6 . Know Isa 51:7 . Do 1Jo 2:29; 3:7 . Work, by faith Heb 11:33 . Follow after Isa 51:1 . Put on Job 29:14 . Wait for the hope of Ga 5:5 . Pray for the spirit of Ps 51:10 . Hunger and thirst after Mt 5:6 . Walk before God in 1Ki 3:6 . Offer the sacrifice of Ps 4:5; 51:19 . Put no trust in their own Php 3:6-8 . Count their own, as filthy rags Isa 64:6 . Should seek Zep 2:3 . Should live in Tit 2:12; 1Pe 2:24 . Should serve God in Lu 1:75 . Should yield their members as instruments of Ro 6:13 . Should yield their members servants to Ro 6:19 . Should have on the breast-plate of Eph 6:14 . Shall receive a crown of 2Ti 4:8 . Shall see God's face in Ps 17:15 - Of saints endures forever Ps 112:3,9; 2Co 9:9 - An evidence of the new birth 1Jo 2:29 - The kingdom of God is Ro 14:17 - The fruit of the Spirit is in all Eph 5:9 - The Scriptures instruct in 2Ti 3:16 - Judgments designed to lead to Isa 26:9 - Chastisements yield the fruit of Heb 12:11 - Has no fellowship with unrighteousness 2Co 6:14 - MINISTERS SHOULD . Be preachers of 2Pe 2:5 . Reason of Ac 24:25 . Follow after 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:22 . Be clothed with Ps 132:9 . Be armed with 2Co 6:7 . Pray for the fruit of, in their people 2Co 9:10; Php 1:11 - Keep saints in the right way Pr 11:5; 13:6 - Judgment should be executed in Le 19:15 - THEY WHO WALK IN, AND FOLLOW . Are righteous 1Jo 3:7 . Are the excellent of the earth Ps 16:3; Pr 12:26 . Are accepted with God Ac 10:35 . Are loved by God Ps 146:8; Pr 15:9 . Are blessed by God Ps 5:12 . Are heard by God Lu 18:7; Jas 5:16 . Are objects of God's watchful care Job 36:7; Ps 34:15; Pr 10:3; 1Pe 3:12 . Are tried by God Ps 11:5 . Are exalted by God Job 36:7 . Dwell in security Isa 33:15,16 . Are bold as a lion Pr 28:1 . Are delivered out of all troubles Ps 34:19; Pr 11:8 . Are never forsaken by God Ps 37:25 . Are abundantly provided for Pr 13:25; Mt 6:25-33 . Are enriched Ps 112:3; Pr 15:6 . Think and desire good Pr 11:23; 12:5 . Know the secret of the Lord Ps 25:14; Pr 3:32 . Have their prayers heard Ps 34:17; Pr 15:29; 1Pe 3:12 . Have their desires granted Pr 10:24 . Find it with life and honour Pr 21:21 . Shall hold on their way Job 17:9 . Shall never be moved Ps 15:2,5; 55:22; Pr 10:30; 12:3 . Shall be ever remembered Ps 112:6 . Shall flourish as a branch Pr 11:28 - Shall be glad in the Lord Ps 64:10 - Brings its own reward Pr 11:18; Isa 3:10 - Tends to life Pr 11:19; 12:28 - The work of, shall be peace Isa 32:17 - The effect of, shall be quietness and assurance for ever Isa 32:17 - Is a crown of glory to the aged Pr 16:31 - THE WICKED . Are far from Ps 119:150; Isa 46:12 . Are free from Ro 6:20 . Are enemies of Ac 13:10 . Leave off Am 5:7; Ps 36:3 . Follow not after Ro 9:30 . Do not 1Jo 3:10 . Do not obey Ro 2:8; 2Th 2:12 . Love lying rather than Ps 52:3 . Make mention of God, not it Isa 48:1 . Though favoured, will not learn Isa 26:10; Ps 106:43 . Speak contemptuously against those who follow Ps 31:18; Mt 27:39-44 . Hate those who follow Ps 34:21 . Slay those who follow Ps 37:32; 1Jo 3:12; Mt 23:35 . Should break off their sins by Da 4:27 . Should awake to 1Co 15:34 . Should sow to themselves in Ho 10:12 . Vainly wish to die as those who follow Nu 23:10 - The throne of kings established by Pr 16:12; 25:5 - Nations exalted by Pr 14:34 - BLESSEDNESS OF . Having imputed, without works Ro 4:6 . Doing Ps 106:3 . Hungering and thirsting after Mt 5:6 . Suffering for 1Pe 3:14 . Being persecuted for Mt 5:10 . Turning others to Da 12:3 - Promised to the Church Isa 32:16; 45:8; 61:11; 62:1 - Promised to saints Isa 60:21; 61:3 - Exemplified . Jacob Ge 30:33 . David 2Sa 22:21 . Zacharias Lu 1:6 . Abel Heb 11:4 . Lot 2Pe 2:8

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Rectitude, justice, holiness; an essential perfection of God’s character, Job 36:3; Isa 51:5-8; Joh 17:25; and of his administration, Ge 18:25; Ro 3:21,22; 10:3. It is the wonder of grace that as the righteous guardian of the law, he can acquit the unrighteous. "The righteousness of Christ" includes his spotless holiness, his perfect obedience the law demands; and "the righteousness of faith" is that imputed to the sinner who believes in Christ. With reference to personal character, righteousness is used both for uprightness between man and man, and for true religion, Ge 18:23; Le 19:15; Isa 60:17; Ro 14:17; Eph 5:9.

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Righteousness. Righteousness
See JUSTIFICATION.

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RIGHTEOUSNESS. → By faith Ge 15:6; Ro 4:3,5,9,11,13,20,22,24 → Garment of Job 29:14; Mt 22:11-14 → Counted (regarded) for the sake of obedience De 6:25; Job 33:26 → FRUITS OF De 6:25; Jos 22:31; Ps 1:3; 15:1-5; 24:3-5; 101:3,4; 106:3; 112:4-8; Pr 2:5-20; 10:2,16; 11:5,6,18,19,30; 12:28; 13:6; 14:34; 21:3; 29:7; Isa 28:17; 32:16-18; 33:15-17; 55:12,13; 58:6-14; 62:1; Eze 18:5-9; 33:15; Da 12:3; Ho 10:12; Mal 3:3; 4:2; Mt 5:20; 12:35,50; Mr 3:33-35; Lu 3:10-14; 8:15; Joh 3:21,33; 8:47,49; 13:35; 14:21-24; 15:4,5,8,12; Ac 9:36; 11:29,30; 19:19; Ro 5:1-5; 6:19-22; 7:4-6; 8:4-6; 14:17-19; 15:1-7; 1Co 4:19,20; 12:3; 13:1-13; 2Co 2:17; 7:10,11; 9:10; 10:5; 13:5; Ga 4:6; 5:22,23; 6:7,8; Eph 1:13,14; 5:9; Php 1:11,27-29; 2:13; 3:12-14; 4:11-13; Col 1:12,13; 3:3,5,9-17; 1Th 1:3,9,10; 2Th 1:3-5; 1Ti 2:9,10; 5:9,10; 2Ti 2:22; 4:6-8; Tit 2:2,11,12; 3:14; Phm 1:5,6; Jas 1:27; 2:14-26; 3:11-18; 1Pe 3:1-11,14; 4:2; 2Pe 1:5-9; 1Jo 2:3-6,10,11,24,29; 3:3,6,7,9-11,14,17-24; 4:4-21; 5:1-5,10,13,18; 2Jo 1:9; 3Jo 1:11; Re 2:2,3,19 → SYMBOLIZED Eze 47:12; Re 22:2
* See SIN, FRUITS OF
* See WORKS, GOOD

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righteousness. Righteousness, n. justice, honesty, virtue, piety

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Right″eous‐ness, n. [[AS. rihtwīsnes.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.
☞ Righteousness, as used in Scripture and theology, in which it chiefly occurs, is nearly equivalent to holiness, comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity of life to the divine law. 2. 2. A righteous act, or righteous quality.
All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Isa. lxiv. 6. 3. 3. The act or conduct of one who is righteous.
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. Ps. cvi. 3. 4. 4. (Theol.) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground of justification.
There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, hope, and charity, and other Christian virtues. Hooker. Only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone. Westminster Catechism. Syn. — Uprightness; holiness; godliness; equity; justice; rightfulness; integrity; honesty; faithfulness.