Top 100 Quotes About God Righteousness
#1. As a consequence of the spread of the gospel, history will experience widespread faith in God, righteousness on the personal and social levels, and international peace and prosperity on the cultural and political levels.
Ken Gentry
#2. Christian hope does not promise successful days to the rich and the strong, but resurrection and life to those who must exist in the shadows of death. Success is no name of God. Righteousness is.
Jurgen Moltmann
#3. Devotion to God, righteousness and wisdom, will keep us safe on earth.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#4. Let no one flatter himself; of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God.
Saint Augustine
#5. Ye [Anabaptists] be proud contemners of the free grace of God offered to man in Christ Jesus. For with the Pelagians and Papists ye are become teachers of free will, and defenders of your own righteousness
John Knox
#6. Fight if you must on the path of righteousness and God will be with you.
Mahatma Gandhi
#7. Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.
Isaac Newton
#8. God received from me something He didn't have on His own. My sin. I received something from God I didn't have on my own. His righteousness.
Johnny Hunt
#9. The man who, for party, forsakes righteousness, goes down; and the armed battalions of God march over him.
Wendell Phillips
#10. If you can be lifted up by your righteousness to sit with God, the whole planet will able to fit into your palm
Sunday Adelaja
#11. Righteousness is God's path to elevation for an individual as well as for a nation.
Sunday Adelaja
#12. The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall.
George Whitefield
#13. Make this confession out loud: "I am the righteousness of God in Christ.
Kenneth E. Hagin
#15. Man to God: "I've let you down so many times."
God to man: "You weren't holding me up. I uphold you with My righteous right hand. That's how it works in this relationship. I - hold - you - up.
The Skit Guys
#16. We live in a day and time when our rights sometimes take precedence over our pursuit of righteousness, when we get caught in the rush of seeking self rather than seeking God.
Lysa TerKeurst
#17. Develop a little self-righteousness. A lot of that is an ugly thing, God knows, but a little applied over all your scruples is an absolute necessity! It is to the soul what a good sun-block is to the skin during the heat of summer.
Stephen King
#18. 18O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
John F. MacArthur Jr.
#19. In our proud love affair with ourselves we pour contempt, whether we know it or not, on the worth of God's glory. As our pride pours contempt upon God's glory, His righteousness obliges Him to pour wrath upon our pride.
John Piper
#20. Devote yourself to getting to know Him better, then you will grow in that righteousness which is in you, in peace, in joy and God will look after other people and solve their problems for them.
Sunday Adelaja
#21. Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
Manny Pacquiao
#22. The law stops every man's mouth. God will have a man humble himself down on his face before Him, with not a word to say for himself. Then God will speak to him, when he owns that he is a sinner, and gets rid of all his own righteousness.
Dwight L. Moody
#23. Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.
Lucretius
#24. If Christians always seemed to be the most intelligent and the most righteous of men, I'd be a skeptic.
Criss Jami
#25. Friendships are the purer and the more ardent, the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Sun not only of righteousness but of love.
Walter Savage Landor
#26. Then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak.
Code Of Hammurabi 1772 B.C.
#27. God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either.
Martin Luther
#28. But it is a historical fact that the Jews, and no one else, gave the world the Bible. It is a historical fact that the Jews introduced to the pagan world the idea of a God who demanded righteousness......Even most of the books of the New Testament were written by Jews.
Harold S. Kushner
#29. Anger does not bring about the righteousness God desires.
Karen Kingsbury
#30. We acknowledge no righteousness but what the obedience and satisfaction of Christ yields us. His blood, not our faith; his satisfaction, not our believing it, is the matter of our justification before God.
John Flavel
#31. When you get honest with God, you can exchange the fig leaves you used to cover your sin with the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Johnny Hunt
#32. Wake up, see your own wretchedness, and fly to the Lord Jesus. He is the righteousness of God, for He Himself is God. Only by believing in His righteousness will you be delivered from condemnation.
John Bunyan
#33. We have in effect renounced our Worldly citizenship when we receive the King of Kings and the Prince of Peace, Lord of Lords, God of Heaven, Son of Righteousness and the Kingdom of Heaven into our hearts, and have made the Heavenly City our Home!
David Berg
#34. 21I do not nullify the grace of God, for x if righteousness [3] were through the law, y then Christ died for no purpose.
Anonymous
#35. throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity; You love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Bart D. Ehrman
#36. I pledged to work for righteousness. God's given me inspiration. God's the boss, he tell me what to do.
Bob Marley
#37. We ought to consider our home managing as the creation of a living organism that nurtures the peace of Christ and the righteousness of God.
Gloria Furman
#38. Living in God's righteousness and conducting your work according to God's golden principles will undoubtedly lead any born again Christian to incredible success
Sunday Adelaja
#39. Personal righteousness is a choice. Faith is a gift from God, and one possessed of it can receive enormous spiritual power.
Kevin W. Pearson
#40. No art like the art displayed in our salvation, no cunning workmanship like that beheld in the righteousness of the saints. Justification has engrossed learned pens in all ages of the church, and will be the theme of admiration in eternity.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
#41. We should learn that there is no light in the law, or even in the whole Word of God, without Christ who is the Sun of Righteousness.
John Calvin
#42. God does not discipline us to subdue us but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness. In His wisdom, He knows that an uncontrolled life is an unhappy life, so He puts reins on our wayward souls that they may be directed into the paths of righteousness.
Billy Graham
#43. All these things He must be in me, abiding, living, speaking in me; that I may be the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. v. 21); not in love, nor in gifts and graces which follow; but in Him.
Martin Luther
#44. It is a great truth, " God reigns," and therefore grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord; and, therefore, no sinner on earth need ever despair.
Ichabod Spencer
#45. To be justified means more than to be declared "not guilty." It actually means to be declared righteous before God. It means God has imputed or charged the guilt of our sin to His Son, Jesus Christ, and has imputed or credited Christ's righteousness to us.
Jerry Bridges
#46. To be holy is to live in a way that reflects the moral perfection of God; it is to live a life marked by love, purity, and righteousness, which are the three most important hallmarks of perfect behavior.
T. Desmond Alexander
#47. We must teach plainly that the faith which saves the soul is not a dead faith, but a faith which operates with purifying effect upon our entire nature, and produces in us fruits of righteousness to the praise and glory of God.
Charles Spurgeon
#48. The title 'Righteousness' is given to God because He assigns what is appropriate to all things; he distributes their due proportion, beauty, rank, arrangement, their proper and fitting place and order ...
Pope Dionysius
#49. The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.
Anonymous
#50. The subject then of these chapters may be stated thus, - man's only righteousness is through the mercy of God in Christ, which being offered by the Gospel is apprehended by faith.
John Calvin
#51. Self-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin.
Tullian Tchividjian
#52. God has set up a high standard of righteousness. He has made plain a distinction between human and divine wisdom. All who work on Christ's side must work to save, not to destroy.
Ellen G. White
#53. God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: " The righteous will live by faith." Romans 1:17
Beth Moore
#54. Nothing belongs to us, not even ourselves. But the exchange rate is unbelievable. All of our sin is transferred to Christ's account, and all of His righteousness is transferred to our account. God cancels our debt, writes us into His will, and calls it even!
Mark Batterson
#55. Wisdom lies at the edge of intelligence.
Joy lies at the edge of happiness.
Faith lies at the edge of boldness.
Love lies at the edge of kindness.
God lies at the edge of righteousness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#56. God never alters the robe of righteousness to fit the man. Rather He alters the man to fit the robe.
John Hagee
#57. How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God's providence and love and express that gratitude to him. Ammon taught, 'Let us give thanks to (God), for he doth work righteousness forever.' Our degree of gratitude is a measure of our love for him.
Russell M. Nelson
#58. Coincidence is just the hand of God who pushes you on the right track. That path will lead your steps towards an epiphany that will change your life. Don't believe in coincidences, believe in the righteousness of everything that happens to you.
Irina Serban
#59. Prayer is not an attempt to get God to agree with you or provide for your selfish desires, but that it is both an affirmation of His sovereignty, righteousness, and majesty and an exercise to conform your desires and purposes to His will and Glory
John F. MacArthur Jr.
#60. Despite all claims to the contrary, we have not been called by God to be inspectors of others production or quality of 'fruit'.
R. Alan Woods
#61. When we fight with the truth and stand in it to the end, then God Himself comes and confirms His Word, His righteousness and His truth
Sunday Adelaja
#62. Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of good works are horizontal, not vertical.
Tullian Tchividjian
#63. A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
Timothy Keller
#65. The paradox is that God must destroy in us, all illusions of righteousness before he can make us righteous
Martin Luther
#66. The truth is in Jesus and it leads to the fullness of truth about God, man, creation, history, sin, righteousness, grace, faith, salvation, life, death, purpose, meaning, relationships, heaven, hell, judgement, eternity, and everything else of ultimate consequence.
John F. MacArthur Jr.
#67. With every righteous action, we prepare the way for the New Earth on which righteousness will dwell. And bringing justice to those who suffer violence means to bring the light of God's future to them.
Jurgen Moltmann
#68. You are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God - and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. - 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30
David Jeremiah
#69. Satan's method has often been to imitate God.
Satan is still using this form of deception, and often his representatives are being disguised as ministers of righteousness.
Billy Graham
#70. Though it may seem overdue, righteousness is always rewarded. Don't be impatient with God. He'll never forget to reward your efforts for Him.
David Jeremiah
#71. God does not slack his promises because of our sins... or hasten them because of our righteousness and merits. He pays no attention to either.
Martin Luther
#72. God revealed himself through the Law, which pointed to Christ as its end and goal, commanded the obedience that comes from faith, increased transgressions, and shut the mouths of all humans because no one has performed the righteousness of the Law so as not to need a substitute.
John Piper
#73. Biblical righteousness is more than a private and personal affair; it includes social righteousness as well ... Thus Christians are committed to hunger for righteousness in the whole human community as something pleasing to a righteous God.
John Stott
#74. It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.
Mark E. Petersen
#75. Rest assured: Before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we need; before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we have.
Tullian Tchividjian
#76. God has not changed. His laws have not changed. He is still a God of love and mercy But He is also a God of righteousness and judgment.
Billy Graham
#77. The true Gospel of Jesus Christ is a revelation of how God has taken sinful man and made him a new creature and imparted to him a perfect righteousness.
John Osteen
#78. Faith is a gift of God bestowed as a reward for personal righteousness.
Bruce R. McConkie
#79. Christ's atonement fully satisfied the demands of God's righteousness, so forgiveness and mercy are guaranteed to those who receive Christ in humble, repentant faith.
John F. MacArthur Jr.
#80. I thank God and His Son, Jesus Christ, for the Restoration and its power to propel a magnificent wave of truth and righteousness across the earth.
Russell M. Nelson
#81. God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
Benjamin Whichcote
#82. In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride - it is always considered a sin. Therefore, no matter how the world uses the term, we must understand how God uses the term so we can understand the language of holy writ and profit thereby.
Ezra Taft Benson
#83. Imagination is a God-given gift; but if it is fed dirt by the eye, it will be dirty. All sin, not least sexual sin, begins with the imagination. Therefore what feeds the imagination is of maximum importance in the pursuit of kingdom righteousness.
D. A. Carson
#84. If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.
Jonathan Edwards
#85. Morality is something we achieve, while righteousness is something we receive. God makes us right because of Jesus, and our love and obedience to Him is empowered and accomplished through Christ.
Jennie Allen
#86. We teach that all men are naturally depraved. We condemn man's free will, his strength, wisdom, and righteousness. We say that we obtain grace by the free mercy of God alone for Christ's sake.
Martin Luther
#87. We're not only held captive by our sin, but also by the delusion of our righteousness. Resting in God's grace isn't just about confessing your sin; it's about forsaking your righteousness as well.
Paul David Tripp
#88. Daniel 12:3 ... and those who turn the many to righteousness will shine the stars forever.
Craig W. Dressler
#89. And even now we labor in our residual gloom, until in your only Son we become your righteousness; for that righteousness is like God's high and holy mountains, while your judgments, which were all the being we then had, are like the deep.
Augustine Of Hippo
#90. In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners.
John Calvin
#91. Within your sphere of responsibility you have as serious an obligation as do I within my sphere of responsibility. Each of us should be determined to build the kingdom of God on the earth and to further the work of righteousness.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#92. Become a man or woman of prayer...Let your heart and mind be kept close to the principal calling of your life, which is to hunger and thirst after God and His righteousness...Let the thoughts and intents of your heart be shaped and guided by time spent in His presence.
Ravi Zacharias
#93. Who's to say that there is any more support for Freud's psychoanalytic concept of the superego than there is for that old time religion that asserted that there is a God who ordains what is right and wrong, and that His righteousness endures for all generations?
Tony Campolo
#94. In the Chinese language the word for righteousness is a combination of two characters, the figure of a lamb and a person. The lamb is on top, covering the person. Whenever God looks down at you, this is what he sees: the perfect Lamb of God covering you.
Max Lucado
#95. Legalism is when we try to obtain the result of obedience by our own means and strength. It is self-righteousness, as opposed to God's righteousness covering us, and the two are as different as spirit and flesh.
Kelly Minter
#96. The only way to be productive is to realize we don't HAVE TO be productive. Our goal is to PLEASE God, not APPEASE God.
Matt Perman
#97. In God, holiness and righteousness are the characteristics of the one Sublime, Sovereign Being, to whom no one can issue a command or lay down a law. In
C.F.W. Walther
#98. The kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you, and he said the Kingdom was within man. The Kingdom is the realm of right ideas, or the divine pattern.
Florence Scovel Shinn
#99. I'm accepted by God, not on the basis of my personal performance, but on the basis of the infinitely perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Jerry Bridges
#100. One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.
Martin Luther
