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)

 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.




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
Matt. 7 0 7
Luke 1 1 2
John 2 1 3
Acts 4 0 4
Rom. 39 7 46
1 Cor. 2 0 2
2 Cor. 7 1 8
Gal. 4 0 4
Eph. 3 0 3
Philip. 4 0 4
2 Thes. 0 2 2
1 Tim. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 3 0 3
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 7 1 8
James 3 0 3
1 Pet. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 4 2 6
1 Jn. 3 2 5
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 102 2 104
DC 40 8 48
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 462 34 496

Heb. 1:8
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Heb. 1:9
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Heb. 5:13
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

Heb. 7:2
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

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

Heb. 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Heb. 11:33
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Heb. 12:11
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.