Quotes about Righteousness
All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
— Matthew 25:32
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
— Matthew 25:46
On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
— Mark 2:17
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
— Luke 1:6
in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
— Luke 1:75
And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
— Luke 12:57
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
— Luke 14:14
And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
— Luke 18:3
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
— Luke 18:9
“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
— Luke 18:10
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
— Luke 18:11
We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
— Luke 23:41