Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'righteous' occurs 378 times in the standard works.

115 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'righteous' in the standard works and contain 30.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 46 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 18:23-28 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 9:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 22:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 10:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 3:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 125:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 57:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:40 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 32:11-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 58:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 97:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:137-138 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 15:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 195 226 421
NT 43 122 165
BM 112 109 221
1 Ne. 20 12 32
2 Ne. 18 31 49
Jacob 3 1 4
Omni 1 0 1
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 6 9 15
Alma 35 25 60
Hel. 12 8 20
3 Ne. 7 12 19
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 5 0 5
Ether 3 8 11
Moro. 1 2 3
DC 23 53 76
PGP 5 14 19
TOTAL 378 524 902

2 Ne. 1:19
O my sons, that these things might not come upon you, but that ye might be a choice and a favored people of the Lord. But behold, his will be done; for his ways are righteousness forever.

2 Ne. 1:23
Awake, my sons; put on the armor of righteousness. Shake off the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out of obscurity, and arise from the dust.

2 Ne. 2:3
Wherefore, thy soul shall be blessed, and thou shalt dwell safely with thy brother, Nephi; and thy days shall be spent in the service of thy God. Wherefore, I know that thou art redeemed, because of the righteousness of thy Redeemer; for thou hast beheld that in the fulness of time he cometh to bring salvation unto men.

2 Ne. 2:11
For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.

2 Ne. 2:13
And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no sin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no righteousness. And if there be no righteousness there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things are not there is no God. And if there is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away.

2 Ne. 4:32
May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite! O Lord, wilt thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I may walk in the path of the low valley, that I may be strict in the plain road!

2 Ne. 4:33
O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy righteousness! O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape before mine enemies! Wilt thou make my path straight before me! Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way-- but that thou wouldst clear my way before me, and hedge not up my way, but the ways of mine enemy.

2 Ne. 4:35
Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh. Yea, my God will give me, if I ask not amiss; therefore I will lift up my voice unto thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock of my righteousness. Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto thee, my rock and mine everlasting God. Amen.

2 Ne. 8:1
Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look unto the rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from whence ye are digged.

2 Ne. 8:5
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arm shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

2 Ne. 8:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

2 Ne. 8:7
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

2 Ne. 8:8
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

2 Ne. 9:14
Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness; 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 Ne. 9:49
Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart delighteth in righteousness; and I will praise the holy name of my God.

2 Ne. 15:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.

2 Ne. 15:16
But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

2 Ne. 15:23
Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

2 Ne. 20:1
Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

2 Ne. 20:22
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

2 Ne. 21:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

2 Ne. 21:5
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

2 Ne. 26:9
But the Son of Righteousness shall appear unto them; and he shall heal them, and they shall have peace with him, until three generations shall have passed away, and many of the fourth generation shall have passed away in righteousness.

2 Ne. 30:9
And with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

2 Ne. 30:11
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

2 Ne. 31:5
And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!

2 Ne. 31:6
And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein the Lamb of God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized by water?