Let no one flatter himself; of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God.
I distrust the perpetually busy; always have. The frenetic ones spinning in tight little circles like poisoned rats. The slower ones, grinding away their fourscore and ten in righteousness and pain. They are the soul-eaters.
He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.
Regret not that which is past; and trust not to thine own righteousness.
Will we listen to "Satan, the author of all lies. . . ? Or are we going to believe a loving Heavenly Father, who is the source of all truth and righteousness?"
One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.
Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to God.
My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness.
Bigotry is an odd thing. To be bigoted you have to be absolutely sure you are right and nothing makes that surety and righteousness like continence. Continence is the foe of heresy.
In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
The God of Israel is King of kings and Lord of lords. . . He know, and foreknows, all things, and his foreknowledge is foreordination; he, therefore, will have the last word, both in world history and in the destiny of every man; his kingdom and righteousness will triumph in the end, for neither men nor angels shall be able to thwart him.
In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners.
The man who, for party, forsakes righteousness, goes down; and the armed battalions of God march over him.
Man needs to be Saved from his own Wisdom as much as from his own Righteousness, for they produce one and the same corruption. Nothing saves a man from his own righteousness, but that which delivers him from his own wisdom.
Filial Piety is the principle of Heaven, The righteousness of Earth, And the (proper) conduct of the people.
You can drift into sin, but not into righteousness.
The needed change within us is God's work, not ours. The demand is for an inside job, and only God can work from the inside. We cannot attain or earn this righteousness of the kingdom of God: it is a grace that is given.
The man who enters combat encased in solid armor plate, but lacking the essential of selfconfidence, is far more exposed and naked to death than the individual who subjects himself to battle shorn of any protection but his own skill, his own belief in himself and in his wingman. Righteousness is necessary for one's peace of mind, perhaps, but it is a poor substitute for agility. . . and a resolution to meet the enemy under any conditions and against any odds.
