Righteousness
doctrineRight standing before God and right living in the world — both given and required by him.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Righteousness connects to different paths in Scripture:
Righteousness arises from Salvation and Justification, and leads to Joy.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”Romans 10:9 →
“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”Philippians 3:9 →
“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:”Hebrews 12:14 →
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”Romans 12:1 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 17 verses
“And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
Read in context →“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”
Read in context →“In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
Read in context →“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”
Read in context →“In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.”
Read in context →“Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.”
Read in context →“For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”
Read in context →“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”
Read in context →“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
Read in context →“But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;”
Read in context →“If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.”
Read in context →“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
Read in context →“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Read in context →“Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.”
Read in context →“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”
Read in context →“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Read in context →“And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.”
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