The word in Scripture

Righteous in the Bible

The word righteous appears 238 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The righteous are those made right with God and walking uprightly. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What righteous means in the Bible

The righteous are those made right with God and walking uprightly.

Where the word righteous appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word righteous appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?”Genesis 18:24

“Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.”Psalms 7:9

“For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.”Psalms 125:3

“Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”Matthew 13:43

“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”John 7:24

“O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.”John 17:25

“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”Romans 3:10

“For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.”Romans 5:7