quotations about righteousness
The righteous do not always do right, but their souls remain pure.
J. R. WARD
Enshrined
Despotism despises nothing so much as righteousness in its victims.
GREGORY DAVID ROBERTS
Shantaram
And the river opens for the righteous
Someday
JACKSON BROWNE
"I Am A Patriot"
He that doth righteousness; that is, righteousness which the gospel calleth so, is righteous; that is, precedent to, or before he doth that righteousness. For he doth not say, he shall make his person righteous by acts of righteousness that he shall do; for then an evil tree may bear good fruit, yea, and make itself good by doing so; but he saith, He that doth righteousness is righteous; as he saith, He that doth righteousness is born of him.
JOHN BUNYAN
The Pharisee and The Publican
Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive.
JOHN BRADSHAW
Healing the Shame that Binds You
Christ is the righteousness of sinners to God, and the righteousness of God to sinners.
RALPH VENNING
attributed, Day's Collacon
But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present, let your last act be to lay and leave yourselves on the righteousness of His Son, expecting life through His name, according to the promise of the Father.
DONALD CARGILL
The Scots Worthies