Lexicon :: Strong's G1342 - dikaios

So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.

“so that you may be[fn] children of your Father in heaven. For he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

“Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”[fn]

“Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet[fn] will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous[fn] will receive a righteous person’s reward.

“For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but didn’t see them, to hear the things you hear but didn’t hear them.

“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Let anyone who has ears[fn] listen.

“So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

“He said to them, ‘You also go into my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So off they went.

“In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

“So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you,[fn] from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of him.”

When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very perplexed,[fn] and yet he liked to listen to him.

Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

“And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.”

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

“I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

“And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

“I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous,[fn] so that they could catch him in what he said, to hand him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous! ”[fn]

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

“I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

“Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

“Righteous Father, the world has not known you. However, I have known you, and they have known that you sent me.

“You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you.

Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

“Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

“And he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the words from his mouth,

“I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection,[fn] both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith,[fn] just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.[fn]

For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.[fn]

as it is written:

There is no one righteous, not even one.

God presented him to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

For rarely will someone die for a just person ​— ​though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.

For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live by faith.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right.

Indeed, it is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart,[fn] and you are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.

Finally[fn] brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable ​— ​if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy ​— ​dwell on these things.

Masters, deal with your slaves justly and fairly, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.

It is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,