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“In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.”
Bible
“Elihu spake moreover, and said, / Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? / For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? / I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.”
“Let him, though suffering in consequence of his righteousness, never turn his heart to unrighteousness, for he will see the speedy overthrow of unrighteous, wicked men.”
Guru Nanak
“For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.”
“My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.”
“Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adulation, and full of partiality for his individual favorites, lacks an essential element of largeness.”
William James
“Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.”
“Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.”
“There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.”
“He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. (Proverbs 11:28)”
