Inspirational Quotes on Righteousness

“The righteous do good and forget about having done it! The unrighteous however, keep a mental record of all the good that they have done.”

“If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.”

“The One who calls you to a life of righteousness is the One who by our consent lives that life of righteousness through you!”

“For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous righteousness, one that does not originate in ourselves but comes to us from beyond ourselves, which does not arise on earth but comes from heaven.”

“Christ took our sins and the sins of the whole world as well as the Father's wrath on his shoulders, and he has drowned them both in himself so that we are thereby reconciled to God and become completely righteous.”

“People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.”

“What we count the ills of life are often blessings in disguise, resulting in good to us in the end. Though for the present not joyous but grievous, yet, if received in a right spirit, they work out fruits of righteousness for us at last.”

“Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.”

“Many people live righteously for selfish or misguided reasons. If you are striving to please God, examine your motives today.”

“Intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force.”

“Light reveals righteousness, and it also reveals sin.”

“A righteous man may make a righteous work, but no work of an unrighteous man can make him righteous. Now we become righteous only by faith, through the righteousness of Christ imputed to us.”

“If we walk in righteousness He will carry us through.”

“Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God.”

“The Apostle is hence telling us that inasmuch as sinners cannot be saved through their efforts, so we who have been regenerated likewise cannot be perfected through any righteous acts of our flesh. How vain do such righteous deeds continue to be!”

“Thou must be righteous and holy, before thou canst live righteously and holily.”

“The righteousness of Christ is to be magnified - when the righteousness of a Christian is not to be mentioned.”

“There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation; which often cry down works, and men's own righteousness.”

“Be wise in time. What youth sows, old age must reap....Sow to yourself rather in righteousness: break up your fallow ground, sow not among thorns.”

“I preached on the righteousness of the law and the righteousness of faith. While I was speaking, several dropped down as dead and among the rest such a cry was heard of sinners groaning for the righteousness of faith that it almost drowned my voice. But many of these soon lifted up their heads with joy and broke out into thanksgiving, being assured they now had the desire of their soul - the forgiveness of their sins.”