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
Gen. 10 2 12
Ex. 3 1 4
Lev. 0 3 3
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 3 8 11
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 2 1 3
2 Sam. 1 2 3
1 Kgs. 2 2 4
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 2 1 3
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 13 9 22
Ps. 60 75 135
Prov. 54 22 76
Eccl. 5 2 7
Isa. 10 56 66
Jer. 3 10 13
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 15 14 29
Dan. 1 6 7
Hosea 0 3 3
Amos 1 3 4
Micah 0 2 2
Hab. 2 0 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
Mal. 1 2 3
NT 43 122 165
BM 112 109 221
DC 23 53 76
PGP 5 14 19
TOTAL 378 524 902

Ps. 1:5
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Ps. 1:6
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Ps. 4:1
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Ps. 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

Ps. 5:8
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

Ps. 5:12
For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Ps. 7:8
The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 7:11
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Ps. 7:17
I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

Ps. 9:8
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Ps. 11:3
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Ps. 11:5
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Ps. 11:7
For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

Ps. 14:5
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Ps. 15:2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Ps. 17:15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Ps. 18:20
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Ps. 18:24
Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

Ps. 19:9
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

Ps. 22:31
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Ps. 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Ps. 24:5
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Ps. 31:1
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Ps. 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Ps. 32:11
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Ps. 33:1
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

Ps. 33:5
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

Ps. 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

Ps. 34:17
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Ps. 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

Ps. 34:21
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Ps. 35:24
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

Ps. 35:27
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

Ps. 35:28
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Ps. 36:6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

Ps. 36:10
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Ps. 37:6
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Ps. 37:16
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Ps. 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

Ps. 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

Ps. 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Ps. 37:29
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Ps. 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Ps. 37:32
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Ps. 37:39
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Ps. 40:9
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

Ps. 40:10
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Ps. 45:4
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Ps. 45:7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Ps. 48:10
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Ps. 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

Ps. 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Ps. 51:19
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Ps. 52:3
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

Ps. 52:6
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

Ps. 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Ps. 58:1
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Ps. 58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 64:10
The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Ps. 65:5
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

Ps. 67:4
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Ps. 68:3
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

Ps. 69:27
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Ps. 69:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Ps. 71:2
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Ps. 71:4
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Ps. 71:15
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

Ps. 71:16
I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

Ps. 71:19
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

Ps. 71:24
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Ps. 72:1
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

Ps. 72:2
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

Ps. 72:3
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

Ps. 72:7
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Ps. 75:10
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Ps. 85:10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Ps. 85:11
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Ps. 85:13
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

Ps. 88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Ps. 89:16
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Ps. 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Ps. 92:15
To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Ps. 94:15
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Ps. 94:21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Ps. 96:10
Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

Ps. 96:13
Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Ps. 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Ps. 97:6
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

Ps. 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Ps. 97:12
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Ps. 98:2
The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

Ps. 98:9
Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Ps. 99:4
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Ps. 103:6
The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

Ps. 103:17
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

Ps. 106:3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Ps. 106:31
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

Ps. 107:42
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Ps. 111:3
His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

Ps. 112:3
Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

Ps. 112:4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Ps. 112:6
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Ps. 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Ps. 116:5
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Ps. 118:15
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

Ps. 118:19
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:

Ps. 118:20
This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.

Ps. 119:7
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

Ps. 119:40
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Ps. 119:62
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Ps. 119:106
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

Ps. 119:123
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Ps. 119:137
Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.

Ps. 119:138
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

Ps. 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Ps. 119:144
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Ps. 119:160
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Ps. 119:164
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Ps. 119:172
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 129:4
The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Ps. 132:9
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

Ps. 140:13
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Ps. 141:5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 143:1
Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

Ps. 143:11
Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

Ps. 145:7
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Ps. 145:17
The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

Ps. 146:8
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous: