Genesis 6:60 For no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence; for, in the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is his name; and the name of his Only Begotten is the son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous judge, who shall come in the meridian of time.
Genesis 7:52 But the Lord said unto Enoch, Lift up your heart and be glad, and look. And it came to pass, that Enoch looked, and from Noah he beheld all the families of the earth, and he cried unto the Lord, saying, When shall the day of the Lord come? When shall the blood of the righteous be shed, that all they that mourn may be sanctified, and have eternal life?
Genesis 7:54 And, behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, even in the flesh; and his soul rejoiced, saying, The righteous is lifted up; and the Lamb is slain from the foundation of the world; and through faith I am in the bosom of the Father; and behold, Zion is with me!
Genesis 7:75 And the Lord showed Enoch all things, even unto the end of the world. And he saw the day of the righteous, the hour of their redemption, and received a fullness of joy.
Genesis 8:29 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house, into the ark; for thee only have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.
Genesis 17:7 And have said that the blood of the righteous Abel was shed for sins; and have not known wherein they are accountable before me.
Genesis 18:25 And Abraham drew near to Sodom, and said unto the Lord, calling upon his name, saying, Wilt thou destroy the righteous with the wicked? Wilt thou not spare them?
Genesis 18:26 Peradventure there may be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that may be therein?
Genesis 18:27 O may that be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked.
Genesis 18:29 And the Lord said unto Abraham, If thou findest in Sodom, fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Genesis 18:31 Will the Lord spare them peradventure there lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou destroy all the city for their wickedness, if I find there forty and five righteous?
Genesis 20:6 And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay me, and also a righteous nation? Behold, said he not unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother; and in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Genesis 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die, and go unto my fathers; and I go down to my grave with joy. The God of my father Jacob be with you, to deliver you out of affliction in the days of your bondage; for the Lord hath visited me, and I have obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of my loins, the Lord God will raise up a righteous branch out of my loins; and unto thee, whom my father Jacob hath named Israel, a prophet; (not the Messiah who is called Shilo;) and this prophet shall deliver my people out of Egypt in the days of thy bondage.
Exodus 9:27 And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time; the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Exodus 23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.
Exodus 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift; for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Numbers 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Deuteronomy 4:8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day.
Deuteronomy 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Judges 5:11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel; then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
1 Samuel 12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.
1 Samuel 24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
2 Samuel 4:11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
1 Kings 2:32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
1 Kings 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
2 Kings 10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous; behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him; but who slew all these?
2 Chronicles 6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.
Ezra 9:15 O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day; behold, we are before thee in our trespasses; for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
Nehemiah 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous;
Job 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, whoever perished, being innocent; or where were the righteous cut off?
Job 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
Job 10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Job 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Job 22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Job 23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge.
Job 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous; and God hath taken away my judgment.
Job 35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Job 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them forever, and they are exalted.
Job 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Psalms 1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Psalms 1:6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalms 5:12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Psalms 7:9 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 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Psalms 11:1 In that day thou shalt come, O Lord; and I will put my trust in thee. Thou shalt say unto thy people, for mine ear hath heard thy voice; thou shalt say unto every soul, Flee unto my mountain; and the righteous shall flee like a bird that is let go from the snare of the fowler.
Psalms 11:5 Behold his eyelids shall try the children of men, and he shall redeem the righteous, and they shall be tried. The Lord loveth the righteous, but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.
Psalms 11:7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Psalms 14:5 They are in great fear, for God dwells in the generation of the righteous. He is the counsel of the poor, because they are ashamed of the wicked, and flee unto the Lord, for their refuge.
Psalms 17:Intro God the defense of the righteous. (A Prayer of David.)
Psalms 19:9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Psalms 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalms 32:11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psalms 33:1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; to praise the Lord is comely for the upright in heart.
Psalms 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Psalms 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause; yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psalms 36:5 O Lord, thou art in the heavens; they are full of thy mercy. And the thoughts of a righteous man ascendeth up unto thee whose throne is far above the clouds.
Psalms 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
Psalms 37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalms 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.
Psalms 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Psalms 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalms 52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him.
Psalms 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalms 58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Psalms 64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
Psalms 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God; yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Psalms 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Psalms 72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Psalms 73:Intro The prophet's deliverance from temptation -- God's purpose in destroying the wicked and sustaining the righteous. (A Psalm of Asaph.)
Psalms 75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Psalms 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Psalms 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms 97:12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Psalms 107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Psalms 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Psalms 112:6 Surely he shall not be moved forever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Psalms 116:5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
Psalms 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous; the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
Psalms 118:20 This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.
Psalms 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:106 I have sworn and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
Psalms 119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Psalms 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning; and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever.
Psalms 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 125:3 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 129:4 The Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Psalms 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Psalms 141:5 When the righteous smite me with the word of the Lord it is a kindness; and when they reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, and shall not destroy my faith; for yet my prayer also shall be for them. I delight not in their calamities.
Psalms 142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name; the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Psalms 145:17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Psalms 146:8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind; the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous;
Proverbs 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous; he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 3:32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord; but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs 10:3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:16 The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many; but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Proverbs 10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Proverbs 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Proverbs 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs 11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Proverbs 11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good; but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Proverbs 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; much more the wicked and the sinner.
Proverbs 12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Proverbs 12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor; but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying; but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
Proverbs 13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Proverbs 14:9 Fools make a mock at sin; but among the righteous there is favor.
Proverbs 14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness; but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs 15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure; but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns; but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Proverbs 15:29 The Lord is far from the wicked; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Proverbs 18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Proverbs 21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked; but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Proverbs 21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Proverbs 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice; and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Proverbs 24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting-place;
Proverbs 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him.
Proverbs 25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs 28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit; but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Proverbs 28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Proverbs 28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Proverbs 29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Proverbs 29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor; but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs 29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.
Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Ecclesiastes 7:16 Be not righteous overmuch, neither make thyself overwise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Ecclesiastes 8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous; I said that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Isaiah 3:10 Say unto the righteous, that it is well with them; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Isaiah 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Isaiah 24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
Isaiah 26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Isaiah 41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Isaiah 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know; and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Isaiah 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 57:Intro The blessed death of the righteous -- God reproveth idolatry --Promises to the penitent.
Isaiah 57:1 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.
Isaiah 60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee; yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments; Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously;
Jeremiah 20:12 But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Lamentations 1:18 The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandments; hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow; my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Ezekiel 3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel 3:21 Nevertheless, if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel 13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life;
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 18:24 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.
Ezekiel 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
Ezekiel 21:3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Ezekiel 21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north;
Ezekiel 23:45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Ezekiel 33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Ezekiel 33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Ezekiel 33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
Daniel 9:14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth; for we obeyed not his voice.
Amos 2:6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Habakkuk 1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity; wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Malachi 3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Matthew 7:2 Judge not unrighteously, that ye be not judged; but judge righteous judgment.
Matthew 7:14 And then said his disciples unto him, they will say unto us, We ourselves are righteous, and need not that any man should teach us. God, we know, heard Moses and some of the prophets; but us he will not hear.
Matthew 9:14 But go ye and learn what this meaneth; I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 10:37 He that receiveth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.
Matthew 13:16 And verily, I say unto you, many righteous prophets have desired to see these days which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear that which you hear, and have not heard.
Matthew 13:45 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 23:25 Even so, ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Matthew 23:26 Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous,
Matthew 23:32 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, Son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 25:38 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee; or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Matthew 25:47 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal.
Mark 2:15 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 1:6 Were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless;
Luke 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 18:9 He spake this parable unto certain men, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others.
Luke 23:48 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
John 7:24 Judge not according to your traditions, but judge righteous judgment.
John 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Romans 2:5 but, after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Romans 3:10 As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one;
Romans 5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
Romans 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
2 Thessalonians 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer;
2 Thessalonians 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
1 Timothy 1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
2 Timothy 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
1 Peter 3:12 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.
1 Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
2 Peter 2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. But if any man sin and repent, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
1 John 2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that everyone that doeth righteousness is born of him.
1 John 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you; he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1 John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Revelation 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
Revelation 16:7 And I heard another angel who came out from the altar saying, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his saints at her hand.
Revelation 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
1 Nephi 1:114 Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes.
1 Nephi 3:117 And behold they are righteous for ever; for because of their faith in the Lamb of God, their garments are made white in his blood.
1 Nephi 4:48 And I said unto them that our father also saw, that the justice of God did also divide the wicked from the righteous;
1 Nephi 4:62 Wherefore, the wicked are rejected from the righteous and also from that tree of life, whose fruit is most precious and most desirable above all other fruits:
1 Nephi 5:2 And it came to pass that I said unto them, that I knew that I had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.
1 Nephi 5:3 And now, my brethren, if ye were righteous, and were willing to hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walk uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the truth, and say, Thou speakest hard things against us.
1 Nephi 5:98 And we know that the people who were in the land of Jerusalem, were a righteous people;
1 Nephi 5:99 For they kept the statutes and the judgments of the Lord, and all his commandments according to the law of Moses; wherefore, we know that they are a righteous people;
1 Nephi 5:118 And now do ye suppose that the children of this land, who were in the land of promise, who were driven out by our fathers, do ye suppose that they were righteous? Behold, I say unto you, Nay.
1 Nephi 5:119 Do ye suppose that our fathers would have been more choice than they, if they had been righteous?
1 Nephi 5:122 He that is righteous, is favored of God.
1 Nephi 5:128 And he raiseth up a righteous nation; and destroyeth the nations of the wicked.
1 Nephi 5:129 And he leadeth away the righteous into precious lands, and the wicked he destroyeth, and curseth the land unto them for their sakes.
1 Nephi 7:35 For he will not suffer that the wicked shall destroy the righteous.
1 Nephi 7:36 Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power, even if it be so that the fullness of his wrath must come, and the righteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire.
1 Nephi 7:37 Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; for thus saith the prophet, They shall be saved, even if it so be as by fire.
1 Nephi 7:41 For behold, the righteous shall not perish;
1 Nephi 7:48 And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded.
1 Nephi 7:55 And the time cometh speedily, that the righteous must be led up as calves of the stall, and the Holy One of Israel must reign in dominion, and might, and power, and great glory.
2 Nephi 1:15 But unto the righteous, it shall be blessed for ever.
2 Nephi 2:7 And he obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins, the Lord God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel;
2 Nephi 6:31 O how great the plan of our God! For on the other hand, the paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the bodies of the righteous;
2 Nephi 6:35 And the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe of righteousness.
2 Nephi 6:38 And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which can not pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still;
2 Nephi 6:42 But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel; they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it; they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world: and their joy shall be full for ever.
2 Nephi 6:78 I know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth, and are not shaken.
2 Nephi 6:91 Prepare your souls for that glorious day, when justice shall be administered unto the righteous; even the day of judgment, that ye may not shrink with awful fear;
2 Nephi 6:105 And because of his greatness, and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us that our seed shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that he would preserve them; and in future generations, they shall become a righteous branch unto the house of Israel.
2 Nephi 7:1 And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren, concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.
2 Nephi 8:48 Say unto the righteous, that it is well with them; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
2 Nephi 8:93 Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
2 Nephi 11:72 But behold, the righteous, that hearken unto the words of the prophets, and destroy them not, but look forward unto Christ with steadfastness for the signs which are given, notwithstanding all persecutions; behold they are they which shall not perish.
2 Nephi 11:83 And after they shall have been brought down low in the dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard, and all those who have dwindled in unbelief, shall not be forgotten;
2 Nephi 12:75 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you: for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be.
Jacob 2:34 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph.
Jacob 2:53 And the time speedily cometh, that except ye repent, they shall possess the land of your inheritance, and the Lord God will lead away the righteous out from among you.
Jacob 2:54 Behold, the Lamanites, your brethren, whom ye hate, because of their filthiness and the cursings which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you;
Omni 1:9 Wherefore, the Lord did visit them in great judgment; nevertheless, he did spare the righteous, that they should not perish, but did deliver them out of the hands of their enemies.
Mosiah 1:106 And behold, all these things are done, that a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men.
Mosiah 3:7 And now, these are the words which King Benjamin desired of them; and therefore he said unto them, Ye have spoken the words that I desired; and the covenant which ye have made, is a righteous covenant.
Mosiah 8:26 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Mosiah 13:40 If your higher judges do not judge righteous judgments, ye shall cause that a small number of your lower judges should be gathered together, and they shall judge your higher judges, according to the voice of the people.
Mosiah 13:47 And many more things did King Mosiah write unto them, unfolding unto them all the trials and troubles of a righteous king;
Mosiah 13:64 And now it came to pass that Alma did walk in the ways of the Lord, and he did keep his commandments, and he did judge righteous judgments; and there was continual peace through the land;
Alma 1:19 And thou hast shed the blood of a righteous man, yea, a man who has done much good among this people; and were we to spare thee, his blood would come upon us for vengeance;
Alma 3:33 Or do ye imagine to yourselves that ye can lie unto the Lord in that day, and say, Lord, our works have been righteous works upon the face of the earth, and that he will save you?
Alma 3:99 And behold, their names shall be blotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith, The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people.
Alma 3:100 For the names of the righteous shall be written in the book of life; and unto them will I grant an inheritance at my right hand.
Alma 4:4 I mean those who were lifted up in the pride of their hearts; the same were rejected, and their names were blotted out, that their names were not numbered among those of the righteous; and thus they began to establish the order of the church in the city of Zarahemla.
Alma 7:43 If they have been righteous, they shall reap the salvation of their souls, according to the power and deliverance of Jesus Christ;
Alma 8:26 For ye are laying traps and snares to catch the holy ones of God; ye are laying plans to pervert the ways of the righteous, and to bring down the wrath of God upon your heads, even to the utter destruction of this people;
Alma 8:31 Yea, and I say unto you, that if it were not for the prayers of the righteous, who are now in the land, that ye would even now be visited with utter destruction;
Alma 8:33 But it is by the prayers of the righteous that ye are spared; now therefore if ye will cast out the righteous from among you, then will not the Lord stay his hand, but in his fierce anger he will come out against you;
Alma 8:72 Knowest thou that the righteous yieldeth to no such temptations?
Alma 8:102 Now this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous;
Alma 12:178 And it came to pass that there were many that did believe in their words: and as many as did believe, were baptized; and they became a righteous people, and they did establish a church among them;
Alma 13:8 How knowest thou the thought and intent of our heart? How knowest thou that we have cause to repent? How knowest thou that we are not a righteous people?
Alma 14:11 Yea, I say unto you, As the Lord liveth, as many of the Lamanites as believed in their preaching, and were converted unto the Lord, never did fall away, for they became a righteous people:
Alma 14:54 And it came to pass that the people of God were joined that day by more than the number who had been slain; and those who had been slain were righteous people; therefore we have no reason to doubt but what they are saved.
Alma 14:74 And they did also bury their weapons of war, according as their brethren had, and they began to be a righteous people; and they did walk in the ways of the Lord, and did observe to keep his commandments, and his statutes, yea, and they did keep the Law of Moses; for it was expedient that they should keep the Law of Moses as yet, for it was not all fulfilled.
Alma 16:235 And this I know, because the Lord has said, he dwelleth not in unholy temples, but in the hearts of the righteous doth he dwell;
Alma 16:236 Yea, and he has also said, that the righteous shall sit down in his kingdom, to go no more out; but their garments should be made white, through the blood of the Lamb.
Alma 19:44 And then shall it come to pass that the spirits of those who are righteous, are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise; a state of rest; a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles, and from all care, and sorrow, etc.
Alma 19:47 Now this is the state of the souls of the wicked; yea, in darkness, and a state of awful, fearful, looking for, of the fiery indignation of the wrath of God upon them; thus they remain in this state, as well as the righteous in paradise, until the time of their resurrection.
Alma 19:53 Now whether the souls and the bodies of those of whom have been spoken, shall all be reunited at once, the wicked as well as the righteous, I do not say;
Alma 19:55 Now my son, I do not say that their resurrection cometh at the resurrection of Christ; but behold, I give it as my opinion, that the souls and the bodies are reunited, of the righteous at the resurrection of Christ, and his ascension into heaven.
Alma 19:59 And now my son, this is the restoration of which has been spoken by the mouths of the prophets. And then shall the righteous shine forth in the kingdom of God.
Alma 19:77 O, my son, this is not the case; but the meaning of the word restoration, is to bring back again evil for evil, or carnal for carnal, or devilish for devilish; good for that which is good; righteous for that which is righteous; just for that which is just; merciful for that which is merciful;
Alma 19:79 Yea, ye shall have mercy restored unto you again; ye shall have justice restored unto you again; ye shall have a righteous judgment restored unto you again;
Alma 21:21 Behold, this we know, that he was a righteous man; and the saying went abroad in the church, that he was taken up by the Spirit, or buried by the hand of the Lord, even as Moses.
Alma 27:29 And behold, it is to your condemnation; for the Lord suffereth the righteous to be slain, that his justice and judgment may come upon the wicked; therefore ye need not suppose that the righteous are lost because they are slain; but behold, they do enter into the rest of the Lord their God.
Alma 27:50 For behold the Lord will not suffer that ye shall live and wax strong in your iniquities, to destroy his righteous people.
Alma 29:49 And there had been murders, and contentions, and dissensions, and all manner of iniquity among the people of Nephi; nevertheless, for the righteous' sake, yea, because of the prayers of the righteous, they were spared.
Helaman 2:118 And it came to pass that when the sixty and second year of the reign of the Judges had ended, all these things had happened, and the Lamanites had become, the more part of them, a righteous people, insomuch that their righteousness did exceed that of the Nephites, because of their firmness, and their steadiness in the faith.
Helaman 2:160 And they did grow in their iniquities, in the sixty and eighth year also, to the great sorrow and lamentation of the righteous.
Helaman 2:165 And it came to pass on the other hand, that the Nephites did build them up and support them, beginning at the more wicked part of them, until they had overspread all the land of the Nephites, and had seduced the more part of the righteous until they had come down to believe in their works, and partake of their spoils, and to join with them in their secret murders and combinations.
Helaman 3:3 And seeing the people in a state of such awful wickedness, and those Gadianton robbers filling the judgment seats, having usurped the power and authority of the land; laying aside the commandments of God, and not in the least aright before him: doing no justice unto the children of men; condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished, because of their money;
Helaman 3:26 Now therefore I would that ye should behold, my brethren, that it shall be better for the Lamanites than for you, except ye shall repent; for behold they are more righteous than you; for they have not sinned against that great knowledge which ye have received;
Helaman 5:15 Yea, wo unto this great city of Zarahemla; for behold it is because of those who are righteous, that it is saved;
Helaman 5:17 But behold, if it were not for the righteous who are in this great city, behold I would cause that fire should come down out of heaven, and destroy it. But behold, it is for the righteous' sake that it is spared.
Helaman 5:18 But behold, the time cometh, saith the Lord, that when ye shall cast out the righteous from among you, then shall ye be ripe for destruction;
Helaman 5:23 And it shall come to pass saith the Lord of Hosts, yea, our great and true God, that whoso shall hide up treasures in the earth, shall find them again no more, because of the great curse of the land, save he be a righteous man, and shall hide it up unto the Lord,
Helaman 5:24 For I will, saith the Lord, that they shall hide up their treasures unto me; and cursed be they who hide not up their treasures unto me; for none hideth up their treasures unto me save it be the righteous;
Helaman 5:84 And this to the intent that whosoever will believe, might be saved, and that whosoever will not believe, a righteous judgment might come upon them: and also if they are condemned, they bring upon themselves their own condemnation.
3 Nephi 3:42 And they did cause a great contention in the land, insomuch that the more righteous part of the people, although they had nearly all become wicked; yea, there were but few righteous men among them.
3 Nephi 3:47 Nevertheless they were enemies, notwithstanding they were not a righteous people; yet they were united in the hatred of those who had entered into a covenant to destroy the government;
3 Nephi 4:39 And because they did cast them all out, that there were none righteous among them, I did send down fire and destroy them, that their wickedness and abominations might be hid from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints whom I sent among them, might not cry unto me from the ground against them;
3 Nephi 4:41 O all ye that are spared, because ye were more righteous than they, will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?
3 Nephi 4:66 And it was the more righteous part of the people who were saved, and it was they who received the prophets, and stoned them not; and it was they who had not shed the blood of the saints, who were spared;
3 Nephi 11:21 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
4 Nephi 1:54 And it came to pass that the robbers of Gadianton did spread over all the face of the land; and there were none that were righteous, save it were the disciples of Jesus.
Mormon 1:36 And it came to pass that when I, Mormon, saw their lamentations, and their mourning, and their sorrowing before the Lord, my heart did begin to rejoice within me, knowing the mercies and the long suffering of the Lord, therefore supposing that he would be merciful unto them, that they would again become a righteous people.
Mormon 2:50 And also the Lord will remember the prayers of the righteous, which have been put up unto him for them.
Mormon 3:22 And then ye must stand before the judgment seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.
Mormon 4:74 And then cometh the judgment of the Holy One upon them; and then cometh the time that he that is filthy, shall be filthy still, and he that is righteous, shall be righteous still; he that is happy, shall be happy still; and he that is unhappy, shall be unhappy still.
Ether 1:29 And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people;
Ether 4:44 And it came to pass that Shez did remember the destruction of his fathers, and he did build up a righteous kingdom, for he remembered what the Lord had done in bringing Jared and his brother across the deep; and he did walk in the ways of the Lord, and he begat sons and daughters.
Ether 5:30 And I, Moroni, having heard these words, was comforted, and said, O Lord, thy righteous will be done, for I know that thou workest unto the children of men according to their faith; for the Brother of Jared said unto the mountain Zerin, Remove, and it was removed.
Moroni 8:9 Behold, I came into the world not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance; the whole need no physician, but they that are sick; wherefore little children are whole, for they are not capable of committing sin; wherefore the curse of Adam is taken from them in me, that it hath no power over them; and the law of circumcision is done away in me.
DC 3:7b Behold, I do not say that you shall not show it unto the righteous; but as you can not always judge the righteous, or as you can not always tell the wicked from the righteous;
DC 15:2b and this you shall do that my servant Joseph Smith, Jr., may not be destroyed, that I may bring about my righteous purposes unto the children of men, in this work.
DC 15:3c And I, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God, have spoken it unto you, that I might bring about my righteous purposes unto the children of men. Amen.
DC 24:3b And it shall be given thee, also, to make a selection of sacred hymns, as it shall be given thee, which is pleasing unto me, to be had in my church; for my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me.
DC 28:7b and the righteous shall be gathered on my right hand unto eternal life; and the wicked on my left hand will I be ashamed to own before the Father;
DC 36:9b When shall the blood of the righteous be shed, that all they that mourn may be sanctified, and have eternal life?
DC 36:9d And, behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of man, even in the flesh; and his soul rejoiced, saying, The righteous is lifted up, and the Lamb is slain from the foundation of the world; and, through faith, I am in the bosom of the Father; and, behold, Zion is with me!
DC 36:14c And the Lord showed Enoch all things, even unto the end of the world; and he saw the day of the righteous, the hour of their redemption, and received a fullness of joy:
DC 38:7a And that ye might escape the power of the enemy, and be gathered unto me a righteous people, without spot and blameless:
DC 45:14 And it shall come to pass that the righteous shall be gathered out from among all nations, and shall come to Zion singing, with songs of everlasting joy.
DC 63:13g these things are the things that ye must look for, and speaking after the manner of the Lord, they are now nigh at hand; and in a time to come, even in the day of the coming of the Son of Man, and until that hour, there will be foolish virgins among the wise, and at that hour cometh an entire separation of the righteous and the wicked;
DC 67:2d for ye know that there is no unrighteousness in them; and that which is righteous cometh down from above, from the Father of lights.
DC 83:7i and by this you may know the righteous from the wicked, and that the whole world groaneth under sin and darkness even now.
DC 85:6b Wherefore, it shall be sanctified; yea, notwithstanding it shall die, it shall be quickened again, and shall abide the power by which it is quickened, and the righteous shall inherit it:
DC 98:12e that I may proceed to bring to pass my act, my strange act, and perform my work, my strange work. That men may discern between the righteous and the wicked, saith your God.
DC 104:11h Unless this is the case, their decisions are not entitled to the same blessings which the decisions of a quorum of three presidents were anciently, who were ordained after the order of Melchisedec, and were righteous and holy men.
DC 104:28a Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all high priests, with the residue of his posterity, who were righteous, into the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing.
DC 109:4b And if they persecute you, so persecuted they the prophets and righteous men that were before you. For all this there is a reward in heaven.
DC 112:12a We believe it just to preach the gospel to the nations of the earth, and warn the righteous to save themselves from the corruption of the world;
DC 118:4a If they approve themselves as righteous ministers, they shall be blessed; if they be found transgressors, or idle servants, ye shall not uphold them.
