Matthew 3:15. And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Matthew 5:6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:20. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 6:33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 21:32. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Luke 1:75. In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
John 16:8. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
John 16:10. Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
Acts 10:35. But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Acts 13:10. And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Acts 17:31. Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Acts 24:25. And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Romans 1:17. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Romans 3:5. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
Romans 3:21. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Romans 3:22. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Romans 3:25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Romans 3:26. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Romans 4:3. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Romans 4:5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Romans 4:6. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Romans 4:9. Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Romans 4:11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Romans 4:13. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 4:22. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Romans 5:17. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. )
Romans 5:21. That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:13. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Romans 6:16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans 6:18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Romans 6:19. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Romans 6:20. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Romans 8:10. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans 9:28. For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Romans 9:30. What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
Romans 9:31. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Romans 10:3. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Romans 10:4. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Romans 10:5. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Romans 10:6. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
Romans 10:10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 14:17. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 1:30. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
2 Corinthians 3:9. For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
2 Corinthians 5:21. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2 Corinthians 6:7. By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2 Corinthians 6:14. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 9:9. (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
2 Corinthians 9:10. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; )
2 Corinthians 11:15. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Galatians 2:21. I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Galatians 3:6. Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:21. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Galatians 5:5. For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Ephesians 4:24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Ephesians 5:9. (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth; )
Ephesians 6:14. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Philippians 1:11. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 3:6. Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Philippians 3:9. And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
1 Timothy 6:11. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
2 Timothy 2:22. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy 3:16. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2 Timothy 4:8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Titus 3:5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Hebrews 1:9. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Hebrews 5:13. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Hebrews 7:2. To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
Hebrews 11:7. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Hebrews 11:33. Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Hebrews 12:11. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
James 1:20. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
James 2:23. And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
James 3:18. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
1 Peter 2:24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 Peter 3:14. But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
2 Peter 1:1. Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 2:5. And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 Peter 2:21. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2 Peter 3:13. Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
1 John 2:29. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
1 John 3:7. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1 John 3:10. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Revelation 19:11. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Genesis 15:6. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 18:19. For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Genesis 19:19. Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis 20:5. Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Genesis 20:13. And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
Genesis 21:23. Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Genesis 24:27. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
Genesis 24:49. And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
Genesis 30:33. So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
Genesis 32:10. I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Exodus 15:13. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Exodus 34:7. Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Leviticus 19:15. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 9:4. Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy 9:5. Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 9:6. Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Deuteronomy 33:19. They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
Deuteronomy 33:21. And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
Joshua 24:14. Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
Judges 5:11. They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
1 Samuel 2:10. The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
1 Samuel 12:7. Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
1 Samuel 26:23. The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.
2 Samuel 8:15. And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
2 Samuel 22:21. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
2 Samuel 22:25. Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
1 Kings 3:6. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
1 Kings 3:9. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1 Kings 8:32. Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
1 Kings 10:9. Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
1 Chronicles 18:14. So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
1 Chronicles 29:17. I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
2 Chronicles 6:23. Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 9:8. Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
Nehemiah 2:20. Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Tobit 1:3. But every day gave all he could get to his brethren his fellow captives, that were of his kindred.
Tobit 2:14. But continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.
Tobit 4:5. And when she also shall have ended the time of her life, bury her by me.
Tobit 4:7. Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it shall come to pass that the face of the Lord shall not be turned from thee.
Tobit 12:8. Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold.
Tobit 12:9. For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.
Tobit 13:7. As for me, I will praise him in the land of my captivity: because he hath shewn his majesty toward a sinful nation,
Tobit 13:8. Be converted therefore, ye sinners, and do justice before God, believing that he will shew his mercy to you.
Tobit 14:7. And all the land thereof that is desert shall be filled with people, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again be rebuilt: and all that fear God shall return thither.
Tobit 14:11. And command your children that they do justice and almsdeeds, and that they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in truth, and with all their power.
Job 8:6. If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Job 22:28. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Job 24:13. They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Job 27:6. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Job 29:14. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 33:26. He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Job 35:8. Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Psalm 4:2. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
Psalm 4:6. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psalm 5:9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 7:9. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalm 9:5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Psalm 9:9. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalm 11:7. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Psalm 15:2. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psalm 17:1. A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Psalm 17:15. As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Psalm 18:21. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalm 18:25. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
Psalm 23:3. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Psalm 31:2. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalm 35:24. Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Psalm 35:27. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psalm 35:28. And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Psalm 36:7. How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Psalm 36:11. Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psalm 37:6. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Psalm 38:21. Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
Psalm 40:10. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Psalm 40:11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Psalm 45:5. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psalm 45:8. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Psalm 48:11. Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Psalm 50:6. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Psalm 51:16. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
Psalm 52:5. God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalm 58:2. Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalm 65:5. By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Psalm 69:28. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Psalm 71:2. Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Psalm 71:15. My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Psalm 71:16. I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Psalm 71:18. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Psalm 71:24. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Psalm 72:1. A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Psalm 72:2. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Psalm 72:3. The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Psalm 72:7. In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Psalm 85:11. Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Psalm 85:12. Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
Psalm 88:13. But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Psalm 89:15. Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Psalm 89:17. For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
Psalm 94:15. But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psalm 96:13. Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Psalm 97:2. Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Psalm 97:6. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Psalm 98:2. The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
Psalm 98:9. Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Psalm 99:4. The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalm 103:17. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Psalm 106:3. Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Psalm 106:31. And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
Psalm 111:3. His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Psalm 112:3. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Psalm 112:9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Psalm 118:19. Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Psalm 119:7. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
Psalm 119:40. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Psalm 119:62. At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalm 119:75. I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Psalm 119:106. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Psalm 119:121. AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
Psalm 119:123. Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Psalm 119:138. Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Psalm 119:142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Psalm 119:144. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalm 119:160. Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Psalm 119:164. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalm 119:172. My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Psalm 132:9. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
Psalm 143:1. A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Psalm 143:11. Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Psalm 145:7. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Proverbs 1:3. To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Proverbs 1:22. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 2:9. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
Proverbs 2:20. That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 3:9. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Proverbs 3:16. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Proverbs 8:8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Proverbs 8:15. By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Proverbs 8:18. Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Proverbs 8:20. I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Proverbs 10:2. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:5. The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 11:6. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Proverbs 11:21. Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Proverbs 11:30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Proverbs 12:28. In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Proverbs 13:2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Proverbs 13:6. Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Proverbs 14:34. Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs 15:6. In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Proverbs 15:9. The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Proverbs 15:29. The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 16:8. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 16:9. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Proverbs 16:11. A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 16:12. It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 16:17. The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Proverbs 16:31. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Proverbs 17:14. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 17:23. A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 20:7. The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Proverbs 20:28. Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Proverbs 21:16. The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs 21:21. He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Ecclesiastes 5:8. If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:1. Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart:
Wisdom of Solomon 1:15. For justice is perpetual and immortal.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:11. But let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:6. Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:18. And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creature for the revenge of his enemies.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:7. And if a man love justice: her labours have great virtues: for she teacheth temperance, and prudence, and justice, and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in life.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:3. That he should order the world according to equity and justice, and execute justice with an upright heart:
Wisdom of Solomon 12:16. For thy power is the beginning of justice: and because thou art Lord of all, thou makest thyself gracious to all.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:7. For blessed is the wood, by which justice cometh
Wisdom of Solomon 15:3. For to know thee is perfect justice: and to know thy justice, and thy power, is the root of immortality.
Sirach 16:22. For many of his works are hidden, but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.
Sirach 26:28. Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips.
Sirach 44:10. But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:
Sirach 45:26. He prepared them bread in the first place unto fulness: for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave to him, and to his seed.
Isaiah 1:21. How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Isaiah 1:26. And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Isaiah 5:7. For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Isaiah 5:16. But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Isaiah 9:7. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 10:22. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Isaiah 11:5. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Isaiah 16:5. And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Isaiah 26:2. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Isaiah 26:9. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:10. Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah 32:16. Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Isaiah 32:17. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Isaiah 33:5. The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
Isaiah 33:6. And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
Isaiah 33:15. He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Isaiah 38:19. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Isaiah 39:8. Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
Isaiah 41:2. Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Isaiah 42:6. I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Isaiah 45:8. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Isaiah 45:13. I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah 45:19. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isaiah 45:23. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isaiah 45:24. Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Isaiah 46:12. Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isaiah 46:13. I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Isaiah 48:1. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Isaiah 48:18. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isaiah 49:13. Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isaiah 51:5. My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isaiah 51:6. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Isaiah 51:8. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Isaiah 54:14. In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
Isaiah 56:1. Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isaiah 57:12. I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah 58:2. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Isaiah 58:8. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Isaiah 59:9. Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Isaiah 59:14. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:17. For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Isaiah 60:17. For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Isaiah 61:3. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isaiah 61:8. For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isaiah 61:11. For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Isaiah 62:1. For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Isaiah 62:2. And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
Isaiah 63:1. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Isaiah 63:7. I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Isaiah 64:6. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Jeremiah 4:2. And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Jeremiah 9:23. Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Jeremiah 22:3. Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Jeremiah 22:13. Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Jeremiah 22:15. Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
Jeremiah 23:5. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jeremiah 50:7. All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Baruch 1:15. And you shall say: To the Lord our God belongeth justice, but to us confusion of our face: as it is come to pass at this day to all Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Baruch 2:6. To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
Baruch 2:18. But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord.
Baruch 4:13. And they have not known his justices, nor walked by the ways of God's commandments, neither have they entered by the paths of his truth and justice.
Baruch 5:2. God will clothe thee with the double garment of justice, and will set a crown on thy head of everlasting honour.
Baruch 5:4. For thy name shall be named to thee by God for ever: the peace of justice, and honour of piety.
Baruch 5:9. For God will bring Israel with joy in the light of his majesty, with mercy, and justice, that cometh from him.
Ezekiel 3:20. Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel 14:14. Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 14:20. Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
Ezekiel 18:5. But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Ezekiel 18:17. That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
Ezekiel 18:19. Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Ezekiel 18:20. The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 18:21. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:22. All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
Ezekiel 18:24. But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Ezekiel 18:26. When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
Ezekiel 18:27. Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Ezekiel 33:12. Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Ezekiel 33:13. When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Ezekiel 33:14. Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
Ezekiel 33:16. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
Ezekiel 33:18. When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
Ezekiel 33:19. But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Ezekiel 45:9. Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Daniel 6:24. And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
Daniel 8:12. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
Daniel 9:7. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Daniel 9:9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Daniel 9:13. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
Daniel 9:16. O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
Daniel 9:18. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
Daniel 9:24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Hosea 2:19. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hosea 10:12. Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Joel 2:23. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Amos 5:7. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Amos 5:24. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 6:12. Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Micah 6:5. O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Micah 7:9. I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Zephaniah 2:3. Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Zechariah 8:8. And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
Malachi 2:17. Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
Malachi 3:3. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Malachi 4:2. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
1 Maccabees 2:29. Then many that sought after judgment, and justice, went down into the desert,
1 Maccabees 2:52. Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice?
1 Maccabees 14:35. And the people seeing the acts of Simon, and to what glory he meant to bring his nation, made him their prince and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and faith which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to advance his people.
