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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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Proverbs 14:34 NIV
Righteousness exalts a nation,
    but sin condemns any people.
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2 Thessalonians 1:3-5 NIV
3 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
5 All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
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Proverbs 11:6 NIV
The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
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Daniel 9:24 NIV
“Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
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Daniel 12:3 NIV
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
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Isaiah 61:10 NIV
I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
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Proverbs 10:16 NIV
The wages of the righteous is life,
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
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2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
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Isaiah 56:1 NIV
This is what the Lord says:
“Maintain justice
    and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand
    and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
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Romans 10:10 NIV
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
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