The righteous

Characteristics of the righteous

Proverbs 20:7 AV

The just man walketh 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 AV

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

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He protects them

Proverbs 18:10 AV

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

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He provides for them

Proverbs 10:3 AV

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

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He blesses them

Psalm 5:12 AV

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

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He hears their petitions

1 Peter 3:12 AV

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

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The faith of the righteous

Habakkuk 2:4 AV

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

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The righteous are secure

Proverbs 12:3 AV

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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The righteous can be corrupted

Ezekiel 18:24 AV

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

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The oppression of the righteous

Psalm 37:12–13 AV

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

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The equality, in human terms, of the righteous and the wicked

Matthew 5:45 AV

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

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The reward of the righteous

Proverbs 10:16 AV

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

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The death of the righteous

Isaiah 57:1 AV

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

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The hope of the righteous

Luke 14:12–14 AV

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

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