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Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

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.”

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.

and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.

Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,

and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.

And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”

For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”