Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'righteousness' occurs 462 times in the standard works.

149 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'righteousness' in the standard works and contain 32.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 66 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 9:28-10:6 (12 in 12 verses)

2 Ne. 2:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 71:24-72:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 51:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 61:10-62:2 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 8:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 32:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:142-144 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 18:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 18:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 6:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 29:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 45:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:62 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 40:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 71:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 85:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 26:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 46:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 207 7 214
NT 99 17 116
BM 102 2 104
DC 40 8 48
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 462 34 496

Lev. 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Lev. 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

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

Isa. 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Jer. 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Ezek. 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 righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

Dan. 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

Luke 16:9
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

John 7:18
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Rom. 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Rom. 1:29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Rom. 2:8
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Rom. 3:5
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

Rom. 6:13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

Rom. 9:14
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

2 Cor. 6:14
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

2 Thes. 2:10
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

2 Thes. 2:12
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Heb. 8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

2 Pet. 2:13
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

2 Pet. 2:15
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

1 Jn. 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Jn. 5:17
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

Alma 7:14
Now I say unto you that ye must repent, and be born again; for the Spirit saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and to cleanse from all unrighteousness.

Alma 10:27
And now behold, I say unto you, that the foundation of the destruction of this people is beginning to be laid by the unrighteousness of your lawyers and your judges.

D&C 56:15
And your hearts are not satisfied. And ye obey not the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness.

D&C 66:10
Seek not to be cumbered. Forsake all unrighteousness. Commit not adultery-- a temptation with which thou hast been troubled.

D&C 67:9
For ye know that there is no unrighteousness in them, and that which is righteous cometh down from above, from the Father of lights.

D&C 76:41
That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness;

D&C 82:22
And now, verily I say unto you, and this is wisdom, make unto yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, and they will not destroy you.

D&C 88:18
Therefore, it must needs be sanctified from all unrighteousness, that it may be prepared for the celestial glory;

D&C 107:32
And in case that any decision of these quorums is made in unrighteousness, it may be brought before a general assembly of the several quorums, which constitute the spiritual authorities of the church; otherwise there can be no appeal from their decision.

D&C 121:37
That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man.