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Want to know what the Bible says about Righteousness? Here are 356 Bible verses about Righteousness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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1 Corinthians 1:30 NIV
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
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Philippians 1:11 NIV
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
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Isaiah 64:6 NIV
All of us have become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
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Proverbs 12:28 NIV
In the way of righteousness there is life;
    along that path is immortality.
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Proverbs 13:6 NIV
Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
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2 Timothy 3:16 NIV
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
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James 1:4 NIV
Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
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Romans 4:3 NIV
What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
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1 John 1:9 NIV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
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Romans 5:17 NIV
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
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Galatians 2:16 NIV
know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
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James 3:18 NIV
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
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Proverbs 11:5 NIV
The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
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Hosea 10:12 NIV
Sow righteousness for yourselves,
    reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;
    for it is time to seek the Lord,
until he comes
    and showers his righteousness on you.
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Psalm 34:15 NIV
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
    and his ears are attentive to their cry;
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James 5:16 NIV
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
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Romans 4:5 NIV
However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
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Titus 3:5-7 NIV
5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
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Job 29:14 NIV
I put on righteousness as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.
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