Quotes about Righteousness

The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds of honest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible.

Regret not that which is past; and trust not to thine own righteousness.

If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.

My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness.

Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.

In the Chinese language the word for righteousness is a combination of two characters, the figure of a lamb and a person. The lamb is on top, covering the person. Whenever God looks down at you, this is what he sees: the perfect Lamb of God covering you.

prayer isn't asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to do what is right.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless (Psalm 84:11).

Can you imagine the restaurant host removing his tuxedo coat and offering it to me? Jesus does. We're not talking about an ill-fitting, leftover jacket. He offers a robe of seamless purity and dons my patchwork coat of pride, greed, and selfishness. "He changed places with us" (Gal. 3:13). He wore our sin so we could wear his righteousness.

35So do not lose the courage you had in the past, which has a great reward. 36You must hold on, so you can do what God wants and receive what he has promised. 37For in a very short time, "The One who is coming will come and will not be delayed. 38Those who are right with me will live by faith. But if they turn back with fear, I will not be pleased with them.

3This is what the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: Change your lives and do what is right!

You will never go wrong doing what is right.