15 Bible Verses About God's Righteousness

If someone were to ask you about God's righteousness, what is the first thing that would come to mind? In Scripture, God's righteousness is almost always coupled with justice. God is a righteous God, therefore, because of his enacting of justice, establishing of justice, and desire for it. These Bible verses about God's righteousness are taken from the Old Testament. Interestingly, in the New Testament, Bible verses about righteousness predominantly focus on the righteousness of mankind made available through Jesus Christ. While emphasis is fittingly prescribed to the righteousness imputed or declared (there is scholarly debate over which) upon humans in relation to the righteous God, too often we forget the manner in which righteousness -God's righteousness, more specifically - is attested in the Old Testament. Righteousness and justice are inseparable.

Please keep in mind that these Bible verses about God's righteousness are singled out and removed from their original context. In doing so, I am not advocating that we neglect thorough, exegetical study. Nevertheless, there is beauty in the simplicity of God's righteousness and yearning for justice as depicted in the following verses. With all that said, here are 15 Bible verses about God's righteousness, all of which can be used for future study or reference (for Bible verses about justice, click here).

Job 37:23(#1 of 15 Bible Verses about God's Righteousness)
²³ The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

Psalm 9:8
⁸ He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.

Psalm 33:5
⁵ The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.

Psalm 35:28
²⁸ My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long.

Psalm 36:6 (#5 of 15 Bible Verses about God's Righteousness)
⁶ Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast.

Psalm 71:2
² Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me.

Psalm 71:15-17
¹⁵ My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure. ¹⁶ I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone. ¹⁷ Since my youth, O God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.

Psalm 71:19
¹⁹ Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God, you who have done great things. Who, O God, is like you?

Psalm 103:6
⁶ The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

Psalm 119:142 (#10 of 15 Bible Verses about God's Righteousness)
¹⁴² Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.

Isaiah 5:16
¹⁶ But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.

Isaiah 28:16-17
¹⁶ So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed. ¹⁷ I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.

Isaiah 42:5-7
⁵ This is what God the LORD says- he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: ⁶ "I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles,⁷ to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.

Isaiah 51:4-6
⁴ "Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: The law will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations. ⁵ My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm. ⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever.

Jeremiah 9:23-24 (#15 of 15 Bible Verses about God's Righteousness)
²³ This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, ²⁴ but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.

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