Quotes About Righteous

So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”

suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.

The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.

The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.