Righteousness

Righteousness is reframed here not as a moral achievement but as natural evidence of genuine connection to God — the fruit that grows from a life rooted in Christ, not manufactured by effort.

Righteousness is what Abel embodied and what made Cain murderous — John uses it to show that living rightly will always create friction with those who aren't.

Righteousness surfaces here as the very word Saul used to describe David after the cave encounter — an admission that David was morally superior, making Saul's renewed pursuit all the more inexcusable.

Righteousness is being counterfeited here — false teachers use the appearance of righteous self-denial to make man-made restrictions look like God's standard, deceiving sincere believers.

Righteousness heads the list of virtues Paul tells Timothy to chase in place of wealth — living in right alignment with God is what Timothy should be running toward, not away from.

Righteousness here is not moral achievement but imputed status — what believers receive in exchange for Christ bearing their sin, the ground on which God can genuinely declare them right with him.

Righteousness is implicitly what Jehu wants Jehonadab to confirm — his insistence on a witness reveals a desire to have his violent acts certified as divinely sanctioned, not merely politically motivated.

Righteousness here is not about sinlessness but about overall trajectory — David's claim is that his life was consistently oriented toward God, even when he stumbled badly along the way.

Righteousness surfaces here as the standard David wrote about extensively in the Psalms — and the closing reflection on Uriah forces the reader to sit with the gap between David's words and his worst actions.

David uses righteousness here not as a theological abstraction but as a concrete verdict — he declares Ish-bosheth righteous to his assassins' faces, defining the moral line they crossed.

Righteousness is named here as the standard David set that no future king would fully match — his just governance becomes the measuring rod against which all subsequent rulers in Israel are evaluated.

Righteousness is one of the three themes Paul raises that visibly shakes Felix — pointed directly at a man whose governance was defined by corruption, self-interest, and abuse of power.

The Righteous One is Stephen's title for Jesus at this moment — the culmination of his historical argument, the ultimate rejected deliverer whose betrayal and murder complete the pattern Stephen has been tracing from Abraham forward.

Righteousness here is described as 'everlasting' — one of the six outcomes decreed in the Seventy Weeks, representing the permanent moral restoration that stands in stark contrast to the wickedness Daniel just confessed on Israel's behalf.

Righteousness here is tied directly to how a person handles money when no one is watching — honest weights reveal true character, and the way you conduct ordinary transactions reflects who you actually are.

Righteousness is cited here as the reason God's judgments cannot simply be ignored — a righteous God cannot treat covenant-breaking the same as covenant-keeping.

Righteousness is invoked here as the standard being misrepresented when someone uses God's name to endorse their own agenda — the real danger of taking God's name in vain is claiming divine authority for what God never actually sanctioned.

Righteousness is explicitly denied as the reason for Israel's inheritance — Moses states three times in three verses that their moral standing has nothing to do with what God is giving them.

Righteousness appears here with a critical qualifier — 'overly righteous' — as Solomon warns against the brittle, self-focused moral performance that becomes its own trap, distinct from genuine right-living before God.

Righteousness is named at the outset as offering no immunity from suffering or death — Solomon's core tension is that living rightly before God does not guarantee a better outcome than living wickedly.

Righteousness functions here as the breastplate — the piece that protects your vital center — suggesting that living in alignment with God guards the heart against the corruption spiritual attack aims for.

Righteousness is described here as conduct that holds up even when personal relationships are broken — doing right by an enemy's donkey is the concrete test of whether one's ethics are real or merely relational.