Righteousness as Right-ness, Part 2
The Hebrew Bible verses. These are especially wonderful because they show the dramatic connections between YHWH and Rightness.
The Holy Bible, New International Version
Genesis 15:6
6Abram believed YHWH, and he credited it
to him as right-ness.
Deuteronomy 6:25
25And if we are careful to obey all
this law before YHWH our God, as he has
commanded us, that will be our right-ness.”
Deuteronomy 9:4
4After YHWH your God has driven them out
before you, do not say to
yourself, “YHWH has brought me here to take possession of this land
because of my right-ness.” No, it
is on account of the wickedness of these
nations that YHWH is going to drive them out before you.
Deuteronomy 9:5
5It is not because of your right-ness
or your integrity that you are going in to
take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these
nations,
YHWH your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he
swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 9:6
6Understand, then, that it is not because
of your right-ness that YHWH
your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked
people.
Deuteronomy 33:19
19They will summon peoples to the mountain
and there offer sacrifices of right-ness;
they will feast on the abundance of the seas,
on the treasures hidden in the sand.”
1 Samuel 26:23
23YHWH rewards every man for his right-ness
and faithfulness. The
YHWH delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the
YHWH’S anointed.
2 Samuel 22:21
21“YHWH has dealt with me according to my
right-ness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has
rewarded me.
2 Samuel 22:25
25YHWH has rewarded me according to my right-ness,
according to my cleanness in his
sight.
2 Samuel 23:3
3The God of Israel spoke,
the Rock of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over men in right-ness,
when he rules in the fear of God,
1 Kings 10:9
9Praise be to YHWH your God, who has
delighted in you and placed you on
the throne of Israel. Because of YHWH’S eternal love for Israel, he has made
you king, to maintain justice and right-ness.”
2 Chronicles 9:8
8Praise be to YHWH your God, who has
delighted in you and placed you on
his throne as king to rule for YHWH your God. Because of the love of your
God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over
them, to maintain justice and right-ness.”
Job 27:6
6I will maintain my right-ness and never let go of it;
my conscience will not reproach me as long as
I live.
Job 29:14
14I put on right-ness as my clothing;
justice was my robe and my turban.
Job 35:8
8Your wickedness affects only a man like
yourself,
and your right-ness
only the sons of men.
Job 37:23
23The Almighty is beyond our reach and
exalted in power;
in his justice and great right-ness, he does not oppress.
Psalm 5:8
8Lead me, O YHWH, in your right-ness
because of my enemies—
make straight your way before me.
Psalm 7:8
8let YHWH judge the peoples.
Judge me, O YHWH, according to my right-ness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
Psalm 7:17
17I will give thanks to YHWH because of his
right-ness
and will sing praise to the name of YHWH Most
High.
Psalm 9:8
8He will judge the world in right-ness;
he will govern the peoples with justice.
Psalm 17:15
15And I—in right-ness I will see your face;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing
your likeness.
Psalm 18:20
20YHWH has dealt with me according to my right-ness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has
rewarded me.
Psalm 18:24
24YHWH has rewarded me according to my right-ness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his
sight.
Psalm 22:31
31They will proclaim his right-ness
to a people yet unborn—
for he has done it.
Psalm 23:3
3he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of right-ness
for his name’s sake.
Psalm 31:1
1In you, O YHWH, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
deliver me in your right-ness.
Psalm 33:5
5YHWH loves right-ness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
Psalm 35:24
24Vindicate me in your right-ness,
O YHWH my God;
do not let them gloat over me.
Psalm 35:28
28My tongue will speak of your right-ness
and of your praises all day long.
Psalm 36:6
6Your right-ness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
O YHWH, you preserve both man and beast.
Psalm 36:10
10Continue your love to those who know you,
your right-ness
to the upright in heart.
Psalm 37:6
6He will make your right-ness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday
sun.
Psalm 40:9
9I proclaim right-ness in the great assembly;
I do not seal my lips,
as you know, O YHWH.
Psalm 40:10
10I do not hide your right-ness in my heart;
I speak of your faithfulness and salvation.
I do not conceal your love and your truth
from the great assembly.
Psalm 45:4
4In your majesty ride forth victoriously
in behalf of truth, humility and right-ness;
let your right hand display awesome deeds.
Psalm 45:7
7You love right-ness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above
your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.
Psalm 48:10
10Like your name, O God,
your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;
your right hand is filled with right-ness.
Psalm 50:6
6And the heavens proclaim his right-ness,
for God himself is judge.
Selah
Psalm 51:14
14Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your right-ness.
Psalm 65:5
5You answer us with awesome deeds of right-ness,
O God our Savior,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas,
Psalm 71:2
2Rescue me and deliver me in your right-ness;
turn your ear to me and save me.
Psalm 71:15
15My mouth will tell of your right-ness,
of your salvation all day long,
though I know not its measure.
Psalm 71:16
16I will come and proclaim your mighty
acts, O Sovereign YHWH;
I will proclaim your right-ness, yours alone.
Psalm 71:19
19Your right-ness reaches to the skies, O God,
you who have done great things.
Who, O God, is like you?
Psalm 72:1
1Endow the king with your justice, O God,
the royal son with your right-ness.
Psalm 72:2
2He will judge your people in right-ness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
Psalm 72:3
3The mountains will bring prosperity to
the people,
the hills the fruit of right-ness.
Psalm 85:10
10Love and faithfulness meet together;
right-ness
and peace kiss each other.
Psalm 85:11
11Faithfulness springs forth from the
earth,
and right-ness
looks down from heaven.
Psalm 85:13
13Right-ness
goes before him
and prepares the way for his steps.
Psalm 89:14
14Right-ness
and justice are the foundation of your throne;
love and faithfulness go before you.
Psalm 89:16
16They rejoice in your name all day long;
they exult in your right-ness.
Psalm 94:15
15Judgment will again be founded on right-ness,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Psalm 96:13
13they will sing before YHWH, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in right-ness
and the peoples in his truth.
Psalm 97:2
2Clouds and thick darkness surround him;
right-ness
and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Psalm 97:6
6The heavens proclaim his right-ness,
and all the peoples see his glory.
Psalm 98:2
2YHWH has made his salvation known
and revealed his right-ness to the nations.
Psalm 98:9
9let them sing before YHWH,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in right-ness
and the peoples with equity.
Psalm 103:6
6YHWH works right-ness
and justice for all the oppressed.
Psalm 103:17
17But from everlasting to everlasting
YHWH’S love is with those who fear him,
and his right-ness
with their children’s children—
Psalm 106:31
31This was credited to him as right-ness
for endless generations to come.
Psalm 111:3
3Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
and his right-ness
endures forever.
Psalm 112:3
3Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his right-ness
endures forever.
Psalm 112:9
9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the
poor,
his right-ness
endures forever;
his horn will be lifted high in
honor.
Psalm 118:19
19Open for me the gates of right-ness;
I will enter and give thanks to YHWH.
Psalm 119:40
40How I long for your precepts!
Preserve my life in your right-ness.
Psalm 119:142
142Your right-ness is everlasting
and your law is true.
Psalm 132:9
9May your priests be clothed with right-ness;
may your saints sing for joy.”
Psalm 143:1
1O YHWH, hear my prayer,
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and right-ness
come to my relief.
Psalm 143:11
11For your name’s sake, O YHWH, preserve my life;
in your right-ness,
bring me out of trouble.
Psalm 145:7
7They will celebrate your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your right-ness.
Proverbs 8:20
20I walk in the way of right-ness,
along the paths of justice,
Proverbs 10:2
2Ill-gotten treasures are of no value,
but right-ness
delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:4
4Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,
but right-ness
delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:5
5The right-ness
of the blameless makes a straight way for them,
but the wicked are brought down by their own
wickedness.
Proverbs 11:6
6The right-ness
of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil
desires.
Proverbs 11:18
18The wicked man earns deceptive wages,
but he who sows right-ness reaps a sure reward.
Proverbs 12:28
28In the way of right-ness
there is life;
along that path is immortality.
Proverbs 13:6
6Rightness
guards the man of integrity,
but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
Proverbs 14:34
34Rightness
exalts a nation,
but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Proverbs 15:9
9YHWH detests the way of the wicked
but he loves those who pursue right-ness.
Proverbs 16:8
8Better a little with right-ness
than much gain with injustice.
Proverbs 16:12
12Kings detest wrongdoing,
for a throne is established through right-ness.
Proverbs 21:21
21He who pursues right-ness
and love
finds life, prosperity and honor.
Proverbs 25:5
5remove the wicked from the king’s presence,
and his throne will be established through right-ness.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
15In this meaningless life of mine I have
seen both of these:
a right
man perishing in his right-ness,
and a wicked man living long in his
wickedness.
Isaiah 1:21
21See how the faithful city
has become a harlot!
She once was full of justice;
right-ness
used to dwell in her—
but now murderers!
Isaiah 1:26
26I will restore your judges as in days of old,
your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called
the City of Right-ness,
the Faithful City.”
Isaiah 1:27
27Zion will be redeemed with justice,
her penitent ones with right-ness.
Isaiah 5:7
7The vineyard of YHWH Almighty
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are the garden of his delight.
And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;
for right-ness,
but heard cries of distress.
Isaiah 5:16
16But YHWH Almighty will be exalted by his justice,
and the holy God will show himself holy by his
right-ness.
Isaiah 9:7
7Of the increase of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and right-ness
from that time on and forever.
The zeal of YHWH Almighty
will accomplish this.
Isaiah 11:4
4but with right-ness
he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the
poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his
mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the
wicked.
Isaiah 11:5
5Rightness
will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
Isaiah 16:5
5In love a throne will be established;
in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
one from the house of David—
one who in judging seeks justice
and speeds the cause of right-ness.
Isaiah 26:9
9My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn right-ness.
Isaiah 26:10
10Though grace is shown to the wicked,
they do not learn right-ness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing
evil
and regard not the majesty of YHWH.
Isaiah 28:17
17I will make justice the measuring line
and right-ness
the plumb line;
hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
and water will overflow your hiding place.
Isaiah 32:1
1See, a king will reign in right-ness
and rulers will rule with justice.
Isaiah 32:16
16Justice will dwell in the desert
and right-ness
live in the fertile field.
Isaiah 32:17
17The fruit of right-ness
will be peace;
the effect of right-ness will be quietness and confidence forever.
Isaiah 33:5
5YHWH is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with justice and right-ness.
Isaiah 41:2
2“Who has stirred up one from the east,
calling him in right-ness
to his service?
He hands nations over to him
and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust with his sword,
to windblown chaff with his bow.
Isaiah 42:6
6“I, YHWH, have called you in right-ness;
I will take hold of your hand.
I will keep you and will make you
to be a covenant for the people
and a light for the Gentiles,
Isaiah 42:21
21It pleased YHWH
for the sake of his right-ness
to make his law great and glorious.
Isaiah 45:8
8“You heavens above, rain down right-ness;
let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
let salvation spring up,
let right-ness
grow with it;
I, YHWH, have created it.
Isaiah 45:13
13I will raise up Cyrus in my right-ness:
I will make all his ways straight.