Right Conduct: Old Testament

RIGHT CONDUCT (RIGHTEOUSNESS)

BIBLICAL REFERENCES IN GIDEONS INTERNATIONAL VERSION

OLD TESTAMENT

1. Psalms 31 v 1:        In thee o lord do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in thy righteousness.

2. Psalms 32 v 11:        Be glad in the Lord and rejoice ye righteousness and shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart.

3. Psalms 33 v 1:    Rejoice in the Lord O ye righteous, for the praise is comely for the upright.

4. Psalms 33 v 5:    He loveth righteousness and judgement: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

5. Psalms 34 v 15:    The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and His ears are open unto their troubles.

6. Psalms 34 v 17:    The righteous cry and the Lord heareth and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

7. Psalms 34 v 19:    Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

8. Psalms 34 v 21:    Evil shall slay the wicked and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

9. Psalms 35 v 24:    Judge me O Lord my God according to thy righteousness and let them not rejoice over me.

10. Psalms 36 v 6:    Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgements are a great deep; O Lord thou preserved man and beast.

11. Psalms 36 v 10:    O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

12. Psalms 140 v 13:    Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name. The upright shall dwell in thy presence.

13. Psalms 72 v 7:    In his days the righteous shall flourish and abundance of peace as long as the moon endureth.

14. Psalms 72 v 2:    He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgement.

15. Psalms 71 v 2:    Deliver me in thy righteousness and cause me to escape, incline thy ear unto me and save me.

16. Psalms 61 v 16:    I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will make mention of thy righteousness even in thine only.

17. Psalms 72 v 3:    The mountains shall bring peace to the people and little hills thy righteousness.

18. Psalms 141 v 5:    Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head.

19. Psalms 5 v 12:    For thou Lord, wilt bless the righteous with favour; thy wilt compass him as with a shield.

20. Psalms 11 v 5:    The Lord trieth the righteous, but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

21. Psalms 15 v 1- 2:    Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hills? He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart.

22. Psalms 7 v 8:    The Lord shall judge the people; judge me O Lord according to my righteousness and according to my integrity that is in me.

23. Psalms 5 v 8:    Lead me O Lord in thy righteousness because of mine enemies, make thy way straight before my face.

24. Psalms 1 v 6:    For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous but the way of the ungodly perish.

25. Psalms 22 v 31:    They shall come and declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born that he hath done this.

26. Psalms 132 v 9:    Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness and let thy saints shout for joy.

27. Psalms 9 v 8:    And He shall judge the world in righteousness. He shall administer judgement to the people in uprightness.

28. Psalms 97 v 11:    Light is shown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart.

29. Psalms 97 v 12:    Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.

30. Psalms 97 v 6:    The heavens declare His righteousness and all the people see His glory.

31. Psalms 147 v 7:    They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness.

32. Psalms 23 v 3:    He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

33. Psalms 52 v 6:    The righteous also shall see and fear and shall laugh at him.

34. Psalms 58 v 1:    Do ye indeed speak righteousness O congregation? Do ye judge uprightly? O ye sons of men?

35. Psalms 89 v 16:    In thy name shall thy rejoice all the day; and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

36. Psalms 94 v 15:    But judgement shall return into righteousness and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

37. Psalms 107 v 42:    The righteous shall see it and rejoice and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

38. Psalms 98 v 2:    The Lord hath made known His salvation, His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

39. Psalms 71 v 24:    My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all day long; for they are condemned for they are brought unto shame that seek my heart.

40. Psalms 89 v 14:    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne; mercy and truth go before thy face.

41. Psalms 125 v 3:    For rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

42. Psalms 40 v 10:    I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation.

43. Psalms 119 v 7:    I will praise thee with uprightness of the heart when I shall have leant thy righteous judgement.

44. Psalms 113 v 3:    His work is honourable and glorious his righteousness endureth for ever.

45. Psalms 142 v 7:    Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise thy name; the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

46. Psalms 106 v 3:    Blessed are they that keep judgement and he doeth righteousness at all times.

47. Psalms 37 v 29:    The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell therein forever.

48. Psalms 24 v 5:    He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

49. Psalms 37 v 30:    The mouth of the righteous and speaketh wisdom and his tongue talketh of judgement.

50. Psalms 37 v 32:    The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh to slay him.

51. Psalms 37 v 39:    But the salvation of the righteous is of the lord: He is their strength in the time of trouble.

52. Psalms 50 v 6:    And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God is judge Himself.

53. Psalms 52 v 3:    Thou lovest evil more than good and lying rather than speak righteousness.

54. Ecclesiastes 7 v 15:    I have seen every thing in the days of my improductive existence. There is the righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is the wicked who prongs his life in his wickedness.

55. Lamentations 4 v 13:    It was because of the sin of the prophets and the iniquities of the priests who shed in her midst the blood of the righteous.

56. Isaiah 32 v 1:    Behold a King shall reign in righteousness and princess shall rule in justice.

57. Isaiah 26 v 1:    Open the gates that the righteous people which remains truth may enter in.

58. Isaiah 26 v 7:    For the just the way is level. Thou upright One, maketh smooth the path of the righteous.

59. Isaiah 26 v 10:    Although favour is shown to the wicked the wicked will not learn the righteousness.

60. Isaiah 11 v 5:    Righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist and faithfulness the belt of his loin.

61. Isaiah 5 v 16:    And the Good will show himself holy through righteousness.

62. Proverbs 14 v 34:    Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people.

63. Proverbs 14 v 19:    The evil will bow before the good and the wicked at the gates of righteous.

64. Proverbs 14 v 31, 32:    He who oppresses the poor reproaches his maker but he who honours Him has mercy on the needy. The wicked is banished in his wickedness but the righteous has a refuge in his death.

65. Proverbs 29 v 2:    When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man rules the people groan.

66. Proverbs 29 v 6-7:     By transgression an evil man is snared, but the righteous sings and rejoices. The righteous considers the cause of the poor, but the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

67. Proverbs 8 v 6:    Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, and from the opening of my lips will come right things.

68. Proverbs 8 v 8-9:    All the words of my mouth are with the righteousness, nothing crooked or perverse is in them. They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.     

69. Proverbs 28 v 10:    Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he himself will fall into his own pit; but the blameless will inherit good.

70. Proverbs 28 v 1:    The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

71. Proverbs 28 v 28:    When the wicked arise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.

72. Proverbs 21 v 21:    He who follows righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness and honour.

73. Proverbs 18 v 10:    The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run to it and are safe.

74. Proverbs 13 v 21: Evil pursues sinners, but the righteous, good shall be repaid.

75. Proverbs 13 v 25:    The righteous eats to the satisfaction of his soul, but the stomach of the wicked shall be in want.

76. Proverbs 13 v 5:    A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

77. Proverbs 13 v 6:    Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but the wickedness overthrows the sinner.

78. Proverbs 16 v 8:    Better is a little with righteousness, than vast revenues without justice.

79. Proverbs 16 v 11-13:    Honest weights and scales are the Lords; all weights in the bag are His work. It is an abomination for Kings to commit wickedness, for a throne is established by righteousness. Righteous lips are the delight of Kings, and they love him who speaks what is right.

80. Proverbs 24 v 24:    He who says to the wicked, "You righteous," him people will curse, nations will abhor him.

81. Proverbs 33 v 1:    For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again but the wicked shall fall by calamity

82. Proverbs 25 v 26:    A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a murky spring and a polluted well.

83. Proverbs 25 v 5:    Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

84. Proverbs 9 v 9:    Give instructions to a wise man, and he will be still wiser, teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

85. Proverbs 23 v 24:    The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child will delight in him.

86. Proverbs 12 v 3:    A man is not established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous cannot be removed.

87. Proverbs 12 v 5:    The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

88. Proverbs 12 v 12:    The wicked covet the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields food.

89. Proverbs 12 v 17:    He who speaks truth declares righteousness, but a false witness, deceit.

90. Proverbs 12 v 26:    The righteous should choose his friend carefully, for they way of the wicked leads them astray.

91. Proverbs 12 v 28:    In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

92. Proverbs 15 v 9:    The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but He loves him who follows righteousness.

93. Proverbs 15 v 28-29:    The heart of the righteous studies of how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours fourth evil. The Lord is far from the wicked but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

94. Proverbs 15 v 6:    In the house of righteous, there is much treasure, but in the revenue of the wicked is trouble.

95. Proverbs 11 v 4-6:    Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness, The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

96. Proverbs 11 v 8:    The righteous is delivered from trouble and it comes to the wicked instead.

97. Proverbs 11 v 9:    The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbour, but through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

98. Proverbs 11 v 11:    By blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

99. Proverbs 11 v 21:    Though they join forces, the wicked will no go unpunished, but the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.

100. Proverbs 11 v 18-19:    The wicked man does deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward, as righteousness leads to life, so he pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

101. Proverbs 11 v 23-24:    The desire of righteousness is only good, but the expectations of the wicked is wrath. There is one who scatters, yet increase more, and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.

102. Proverbs 11 v 28:    He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

103. Proverbs 11 v 30-31:    The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. If the righteous will be recompensated on the earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinners.

104. Proverbs 10 v 6-7:    Blessings are on the head of the righteous but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

105. Proverbs 10 v 11:    By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

106. Proverbs 10 v 21-22:    The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, the heart of the wicked is worth little. The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

107. Proverbs 10 v 24-25:    The fear of the wicked will come upon him and the desire of the righteous will be granted. When the whirlwind passesby, the wicked is no more, but the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

108. Deutronomy 6 v 25:    This will make for our righteousness, provided we take care before the Lord, our God, to obey all his requirements as He has ordered us to do.

109. Proverbs 10 v 28-32:    The hope of the righteous will be gladness but the expectations of the wicked will perish. The way of the Lord is strength for the upright, but destruction will come to the workers of iniquity. The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will never inhabit the earth. The mouth of the righteous breathes forth wisdom but the perverse tongue will cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

110. Isaiah 5 v 7:    For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Juda are his cherished planting. He eagerly looked for justice, but see, bloodshed! For righteousness, and to a cry of distress.

111. Malachi 4 v 2:    But for you, who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will arise with healing in its beams and you will go forth and leap like calves from the stall.

112. Isaiah 59 v 17:    He put on righteousness as a coat of mail and salvation as helmet upon his head; he dresses himself in robes of vengence for clothing, and he put on zeal as a cloak.

113. Isaiah 45 v 24:    Surely, one shall say in the Lord I have righteousness and strength, unto Him shall all men who were incensed against Him come and be ashamed.

114. Genesis 18 v 25:    Far be it from thee to do such a thing to slay the good with the bad, to treat the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from thee. Shall not the judge of all the earth deal justly?

115. Isaiah 51 v 1:    Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the Lord; look to the rock from which you were hewn and the quarry from which you have been dug.

116. Job 29 v 14:    Thus I put on righteousness and my fairness dressed me as robe and turban.

117. Isaiah 26 v 9:    My soul yearns for thee in the right; indeed from the depth of my spirit, do I diligently seek thee; for when thy judgement are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

118. Job 36 v 7:    He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but places them forever with kings upon the throne, so they are exalted.

119. Isaiah 33 v 15:    He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; who scorns gain won by oppression; who shakes his hands refusing bribes, who stops his ears,, refusing bloodshed, and shuts his eyes refusing to look favourably on evil

120. Job 17 v 9:    Yet the righteous will maintain is way, and he who has clean hands will grow stronger.

121. Isaiah 3 v 10:    Say to the righteous that it shall go well with them, for they shall eat the products of their doings.

122. Isaiah 32 v 17:    And the fruit of justice will be peace and the effect of righteousness rest and security forever.

123. Isaiah 46 v 12:    Listen to me, you stouthearted who are far from righteousness.

124. Amos 5 v 7:    O you turn justice into wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth.

125. Hosea 10 v 12:    Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of love; break up fallow ground; it is time to seek the lord until He comes and rains righteousness upon you.

126.Daniel 12 v 3:    Those who are teachers shall then shine as the brightness of the firmament and those who turned many righteousness as the star for ever and ever.

127. Isaiah 32 v 16:    Then justice will dwell in the desert, and righteousness will abide in the fruitful field.

128. Isaiah 45 v 8:    Pour down, O heavens from above, and let the skies rain righteousness; let the earth open and salvation spring forth and righteousness sprout together with it. I, the Lord, have created it.

129. Isaiah 61 v 11:    For as the earth brings forth its shoots and as a garden makes its plants to grow, so the Lord God shall cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

130. Isaiah 60 v 21:    Your people, every one of them, shall be righteous, and they shall posses the land for ever; they are a shoot which I have planted and the work of my hands, through whom I shall glorify myself.

131. Jeremiah 9 v 24:    But let the one who glories boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practises loving, kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth: for in these I delight, say the lord.

132. Ezra 9 v 15:    O Lord, God of Israel, Thou art righteous for we remain today merely as escaped remnant. See, we are before thee in our guilt realising that no one can stand before thee in view of these.

133. Jeremiah 12 v 1:    Right art thou, O Lord when I complain to thee , yet will I argue with thee about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are very treacherous flourish?

134. Micah 7 v 9:    The Lord's indignation I will bear, for I have sinned against Him: He shall plead my cause and execute my justice. He shall bring me out to the light; I shall gaze on His righteous ways.