What does Righteousness mean in the Bible?

First uses (BSB)

1. Genesis 15:6

   Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

2. Deuteronomy 6:25

   And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”

3. Deuteronomy 9:4

   When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

4. Deuteronomy 9:5

   It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

5. Deuteronomy 9:6

   Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.

6. Deuteronomy 24:13

   be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

7. Deuteronomy 33:19

   They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

8. 1 Samuel 26:23

   May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

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