Quotes About Righteous

I hate self-righteousness. I hate purity. There is no such thing as purity. It's an idea in the heads of religious fanatics, the kind of people who kill because they are so good and righteous. I hate those people, I do. If any of them are listening right now, then fuck you. I hate you.

Even the righteous man is just a sinner living in between sins.

even the righteous man is just a sinner livin in between sins!

Here's what I want to say to the other side, to the Righteous Left, to the Easily Injured and Offended: You say you want concessions/changes/social justice, but let's admit it, you are never going to quit.

When the Bible mentions righteous couples suffering from infertility, a conception is not far behind.

When people turn to the right path, when the disobedient turn to the wisdom of the righteous (so Luke 1:17), then they are "a people prepared for the Lord.

I am righteous and righteously indignant, the Tea Party is righteously indignant, and our goal is to not just save the country, but quite frankly, if America goes, so goes the world, so in our desire to save the country, we are trying to save the world.

The Seven Deadly Sins are a litany of victimless crimes, compiled to distract attention from the bloody felonies of the righteous.

guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

Deluded liberal that I am, I persist in thinking that those with a streak of sexual unorthodoxy ought to be more tolerant of their fellows than those who lead an entirely godly, righteous and sober life. Illogically, I tend to assume that if you ( Philip Larkin) dream of caning schoolgirls bottoms, it disqualifies you from dismissing half the nation as work-shy.

The lawless are the ones to scorch, rather than the just. The lawless work alone; the righteous work amongst their flock. Do the will of our Father; we all come from Him! Our Father is sublime; His will is beneficent. He has watched over you so you may find peace.

The Christian is the man who no longer seeks his salvation, his deliverance, his justification in himself, but in Jesus Christ alone. He knows that God's Word in Jesus Christ pronounces him guilty, even when he does not feel his guilt, and God's Word in Jesus Christ pronounces him not guilty and righteous, even when he does not feel that he is righteous at all.

if you do fall, repentance will restore you, and you who were hypocrites at baptism may have a firm faith in your repentance. Be not disturbed by the thought of a difference between the righteous and the penitent, and do not imagine that pardon even gives a lower place; rather believe that it takes away your crown. For there is one reward: he who stands on the right hand shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

You're worse than decent. You're virtuous.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

There are people in positions of power that are righteous about what they believe: they're enacting out evil principles, but they don't believe that that's what they're doing.

Rejoice in the LORD , O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful. Praise the Lord . . . make melody to Him. . . . Sing to Him a new song.

Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments. – Revelation 16:7

and the righteous cowed and the evil grew bold.

Lord, give us righteous judges who will not try to legislate and dominate this society. Take control, Lord! We ask for additional vacancies on the court.

There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.

Fools do not acknowledge God, the proud reject Him, the wise embrace Him, and the righteous worship Him.

Welcome the righteous, avoid the wicked, and yet open both arms to the repentant.Whoever receives them receives God.

James condemns any form of Christianity that drifts into a sterile, actionless "orthodoxy." Faith, not what we do, is fundamental in establishing a relationship with God. But faith, James insists, must be given content. Genuine faith, he insists, always and inevitably produces evidence of its existence in a life of righteous living.