Quotes about Righteousness
Such love is holistic, not something one turns on or off for this or that person or thing. Its orientation is toward life as a whole. It dwells on good wherever it may be found, and supports it in action. Love is nourished upon the good and the right and the beautiful.
— Dallas Willard
To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.
— AW Tozer
A verse of Scripture I often use in the face of failure with my own sins is Proverbs 24:16: "For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity." The person who is disciplining himself toward holiness falls many times, but he doesn't quit. After each failure he gets up and continues the struggle.
— Jerry Bridges
I am the LORD, and there is no other… . I, the LORD, speak truthfully; I say what is right. Isaiah 45:18—19
— Beth Moore
So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
— Deuteronomy 21:9
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
— Brigham Young
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
— Psalm 51:14
God is perfectly holy, then we can be confident that His actions toward us are always perfect and just.
— Jerry Bridges
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
— Ezekiel 18:20
By His resurrection Christ won the victory over law, sin, flesh, world, devil, death, hell, and every evil. And this His victory He donated unto us. These many tyrants and enemies of ours may accuse and frighten us, but they dare not condemn us, for Christ, whom God the Father has raised from the dead is our righteousness and our victory.
— Martin Luther
Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.
— Joseph Barber Lightfoot
He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 22:16