Bible Verses about “righteous living”
Found 50 verses (ordered by relevance) about “righteous living” in the KJV version of the Bible
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.”
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.”
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
“For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:”
“For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.”
“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
“¶ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
“‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:›”
“‹And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done› [it] ‹unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done› [it] ‹unto me.›”
“‹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:›”
“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
“‹Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.›”
“‹And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.›”
“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
“Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.”
“‹Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed› [thee]? ‹or thirsty, and gave› [thee] ‹drink?›”
“‹When saw we thee a stranger, and took› [thee] ‹in? or naked, and clothed› [thee]?”
“‹Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?›”
“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”
“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
“‹And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth› [his] ‹sheep from the goats:›”
“‹Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?›”
“‹And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.›”
“‹Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did› [it] ‹not to one of the least of these, ye did› [it] ‹not to me.›”
“But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”
“‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:›”
“‹I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.›”
“‹Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:›”
“Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
“In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.”
“¶ ‹When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:›”
“‹And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward› [is] ‹with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.›”
“For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.”
“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.”
“¶ Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.”