Righteousness (Standard)

You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.

May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.

Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.

before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.

At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.

I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.

My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.

Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.

My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.

By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;

By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.

He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.