The righteous

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The designation, especially in the OT, of those who live and act in accordance with God’s commands.

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Characteristics of the righteous

Proverbs 20:7 NKJV
The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
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God’s dealings with the righteous

He loves them

Psalm 146:8 NKJV
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous.
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He protects them

Proverbs 18:10 NKJV
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.
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He provides for them

Proverbs 10:3 NKJV
The Lord will not allow the righteous soul to famish, But He casts away the desire of the wicked.
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He blesses them

Psalm 5:12 NKJV
For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
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He hears their petitions

1 Peter 3:12 NKJV
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their prayers; But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
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The faith of the righteous

Habakkuk 2:4 NKJV
“Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.
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The righteous are secure

Proverbs 12:3 NKJV
A man is not established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous cannot be moved.
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The righteous can be corrupted

Ezekiel 18:24 NKJV
“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.
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The oppression of the righteous

Psalm 37:12–13 NKJV
The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth. The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.
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The equality, in human terms, of the righteous and the wicked

Matthew 5:45 NKJV
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
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The reward of the righteous

Proverbs 10:16 NKJV
The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.
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The death of the righteous

Isaiah 57:1 NKJV
The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil.
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The hope of the righteous

Luke 14:12–14 NKJV
Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
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