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“But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) / Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) / But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; / That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Bible
“The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.”
“The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause is stronger than all the hosts of error”
William Jennings Bryan
“And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
“ Everybody had a feeling. It just wasn't there. ..We put it to pasture, righteously as it should be.”
Mickey Hart
“The value of righteousness is expressed through the body. This is related to the physical sheath. Peace can be experienced only in the mental plane.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Swords are weapons. The way of swords is the way to kill. However you dress it up in righteousness, killing is your truth.”
Hiko Seijuro
“God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating.”
William Sloane Coffin Jr.
“To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness”
Confucius
“Deeds done with a sense of righteousness do not give an opportunity for sin to breed and consequently inhibit the emergence of sin and evil. ”
Rig Veda