Righteous: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics:

Compared with:

The sun,

Jdg 5:31; Mat 13:43;

stars,

Dan 12:3;

lights,

Mat 5:14; Phl 2:15;

Mount Zion,

Psa 125:1,2;

Lebanon,

Hsa 14:5-7;

treasure,

Exd 19:5; Psa 135:4;

jewels [R.V., peculiar treasure],

Mal 3:17;

gold,

Job 23:10; Lam 4:2;

vessels of gold and silver,

2Ti 2:20;

stones of a crown,

Zec 9:16;

living stones,

1Pe 2:5;

babies,

Mat 11:25; 1Pe 2:2;

little children,

Mat 18:3; 1Cr 14:20;

obedient children,

1Pe 1:14;

members of the body,

1Cr 12:20,27;

soldiers,

2Ti 2:3,4;

runners in a race,

1Cr 9:24; Hbr 12:1;

wrestlers,

2Ti 2:5;

good servants,

Mat 25:21;

strangers and pilgrims,

1Pe 2:11;

sheep,

Psa 78:52; Mat 25:33; Jhn 10;

lambs,

Isa 40:11; Jhn 21:15;

calves of the stall,

Mal 4:2;

lions,

Pro 28:1; Mic 5:8;

eagles,

Psa 103:5; Isa 40:31;

doves,

Psa 68:13; Isa 60:8;

thirsting deer,

Psa 42:1;

good fish,

Mat 13:48;

dew and showers,

Mic 5:7;

watered gardens,

Isa 58:11;

unfailing springs,

Isa 58:11;

vines,

Sgs 6:11; Hsa 14:7;

branches of a vine,

Jhn 15:2,4,5;

pomegranates,

Sgs 4:13;

good figs,

Jer 24:2-7;

lilies,

Sgs 2:2; Hsa 14:5;

willows by the water courses,

Isa 44:4;

trees planted beside rivers,

Psa 1:3;

cedars in Lebanon,

Psa 92:12;

palm trees,

Psa 92:12;

green olive trees,

Psa 52:8; Hsa 14:6;

fruitful trees,

Psa 1:3; Jer 17:8;

corn (grain),

Hsa 14:7;

wheat,

Mat 3:12; 13:29,30;

salt,

Mat 5:13.

Access of, to God,

Psa 31:19, 20; Isa 12:6.

Few,

Mat 7:14; 22:14.

Relation of, to God,

Lev 20:24-26.

Righteous and wicked, circumstances of, contrasted,

Job 8; Psa 17:14, 15.

See below.

At the judgment, see JUDGMENT, THE.
Fellowship of, see FELLOWSHIP.
Hatred toward, see PERSECUTIONS.
Joy of, see JOY.
Perseverance of, see PERSEVERANCE

Righteous: Contrasted with the Wicked:

See WICKED, DESCRIBED; WICKED, CONTRASTED WITH THE RIGHTEOUS

Righteous: Described:

Exd 33:16; 1Sa 13:14; Ezr 10:3; Psa 1:1, 2; 4:3; 15:1-5; 24:3-5; 37:26, 30, 31; 64:10; 84:7; 87:5, 6; 112:1-10; 119:1-3; Pro 2:9-12; 4:18; 13:5; 25:26; Isa 33:15, 16; 51:1; 54:13; 60:21; 62:12; 63:8; Jer 31:12-14, 33, 34; Eze 18:5-9; 44:9; Zec 3:2, 7, 8; Mat 5:3-10, 13-16; 7:16-20, 24-27; 12:50; 13:23, 38; 19:14; Mar 10:14, 15; Luk 6:45; 18:16, 17; Jhn 3:21; 8:31, 32, 39, 42, 47; 10:4, 5, 27; 13:35; 15:14; Act 2:38, 47; 8:36, 37; 10:47; 11:23, 24; 18:7, 8; Rom 1:6, 7; 6:1-23; 8:5, 6, 9, 14-16, 29, 35-39; 9:8; 15:14; 16:19; 1Cr 1:2, 26, 27, 30; 2:12, 13; 6:9-11; 15:48, 49; 2Cr 1:12; 4:1, 2; 5:17, 21; Gal 5:22-26; Eph 1:1, 4-7; 2:1, 4-6, 10, 13, 14, 19-22; 3:17-19; 4:13-16, 22-32; 5:8; Phl 2:15; 3:3, 7-11; 4:8; Col 1:9-13; 2:7; 3:3; 1Th 1:3; 5:4, 5, 27; 2Ti 2:19, 21-25; Phm 1:5, 6; Hbr 3:1, 6; 1Pe 2:5, 9, 10; 4:1, 2; 2Pe 1:1; 1Jo 2:3, 5, 6, 12-15; 3:2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 19; 4:7; 5:1; 2Jo 1:9; Rev 1:6; 14:4, 5; 17:14

See WICKED, DESCRIBED

Righteous: Promises To, Expressed or Implied:

Gen 15:1; 22:17; Exd 23:22; Lev 26:5, 6, 10; Deu 28:1-13; 33:27; 1Sa 2:9; 2Ch 16:9; Ezr 8:22; Job 5:11-27; 8:4-7, 20, 21; 11:15-20; 22:21-30; 36:7-12; Psa 4:3; 5:12; 15:2-5; 23:6; 25:10-14; 28:8; 29:11; 32:6-8, 10; 33:18, 19; 34:9, 10, 15, 17; 37:3-5, 9, 18, 23-29, 34; 41:1, 2; 50:15; 55:22; 58:11; 62:8; 65:4; 73:24; 81:10; 84:11; 85:9; 91:1, 3-7, 9-12; 94:17, 18; 97:10, 11; 111:5; 112:6; 121:3-8; 125:1-3; 128:1-6; 145:18-21; Pro 1:33; 2:21; 3:1-10, 25, 26; 10:3; 12:2; 14:26; 15:29; 16:7; 21:21; 28:25; 29:25; Ecc 7:18; 8:5; Isa 4:5, 6; 11:6-9; 25:8; 26:3; 33:16, 21, 22, 24; 35:10; 40:10, 11, 29, 31; 41:10, 11, 13; 43:2; 44:2, 3; 49:9-12; 50:7-9; 51:11; 54:1-17; 56:2-8; 57:1, 2; 58:8-14; 59:20, 21; 64:4; 65:13, 14, 17-25; 66:13, 14; Jer 17:7, 8; Eze 18:5-9, 19, 20; 34:11-17, 22-31; Dan 12:1-3; Hsa 6:3; Nah 1:7; Hag 1:13; 2:4, 5; Zec 3:7; Mal 3:12, 16-18; 4:2, 3; Mat 5:3-12; 7:7, 8; 8:11; 10:28-32; 13:43; 18:10, 19, 20; 19:29; 24:21, 22; 25:21, 33, 34, 46; 28:20; Mar 3:35; 8:35; 9:41; 10:21, 29, 30; 11:23, 24; 13:13, 27; Luk 3:17; 6:20-23; 10:20; 11:9, 10; 12:7, 32; 16:22-25; 18:29, 30; 20:35, 36; 21:18, 27, 28; 22:29, 30; 23:43; Jhn 3:15-18, 36; 4:14; 5:24, 29; 6:39, 40; 8:12, 51; 9:31; 10:27-29; 12:25, 26; 13:36; 14:1-3, 12-21, 23; 16:33; 17:2, 22, 24; Act 10:4, 31; 20:32; 26:18; Rom 2:7, 10; 5:9-11, 17; 6:22, 23; 8:14-18, 28, 32-39; 9:33; 10:9, 11-13; 13:11; 1Cr 1:8, 9; 2:9; 3:21-23; 6:2, 3; 8:3; 13:10-12; 15:48-57; 2Cr 1:20-22; 4:14, 15, 17; 7:1; Gal 3:29; 6:8, 9; Eph 1:18; 2:7; 6:8; Phl 4:7, 19; Col 1:5, 12; 3:4, 24; 1Th 2:12; 3:12, 13; 4:15-18; 5:9-11; 2Th 1:5-7; 2:13, 14; 1Ti 1:16; 4:8; 2Ti 1:12; 2:10-12, 19; 4:8; Tts 2:11-14; 3:7; Hbr 1:14; 2:10, 15; 4:9, 15, 16; 6:10, 16-20; 9:15, 28; 10:34-36; 11:16; 12:22, 23, 28; 13:5, 6; Jam 1:5, 12, 25; 2:5; 4:8; 1Pe 1:2-5; 2:5, 6, 9, 10; 3:9-12; 4:13; 5:4, 6, 7, 10; 2Pe 1:4, 10, 11; 2:9; 1Jo 1:7, 9; 2:17, 25, 28; 3:2, 22; 5:13; Rev 1:6; 2:7, 10, 11, 17, 26-28; 3:4, 5, 10, 12, 21; 7:3, 4, 9-17; 11:12, 18; 14:1-5, 13; 16:15; 20:4-6; 21:3-7, 24; 22:4, 5, 7, 12, 14

See ADOPTION; AFFLICTION, COMFORT IN; GOD, PRESERVER; GOD, PROVIDENCE OF.

For promises in particular, see BACKSLIDER; OBEDIENCE; PENITENT, PROMISES TO, etc., under such topics as may be desired.

Righteous: Unity Of, with Christ:

Jhn 6:51-57; 14:20; 15:1-11, 19; 17:21-23, 26; Rom 8:1, 10; 12:5; 1Cr 6:13-20; 10:16, 17; 12:12, 13, 27; 2Cr 5:17, 21; 11:2; 13:5; Gal 2:20; Eph 5:30, 32; Col 1:27; 2:6, 7; 1Pe 4:13; 1Jo 2:6, 24, 28; 3:6, 24; 4:13; 5:12, 20; 2Jo 1:9; Rev 19:7-9; 21:9

See ADOPTION; COMMUNION; FELLOWSHIP