Quotes about Righteousness
And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
— Isaiah 52:5
After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
— Isaiah 53:11
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
— Isaiah 54:14
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
— Isaiah 55:7
This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.
— Isaiah 56:1
I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
— Isaiah 57:12
“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
— Isaiah 57:21
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
— Isaiah 58:2
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
— Isaiah 58:6
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
— Isaiah 58:8
The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
— Isaiah 59:8
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
— Isaiah 59:9