What does "righteous" mean in the Bible?

Question

King James

Answer 1

It means right with God.

Answer 2

King James Version (KJV) Public Domain

Psalm 37:30 (KJV)

30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Ephesians 4:24 (King James Version)

24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Answer 3

The word translated righteous is tsaddiq in the Hebrew and dikaios in the Greek. The word can be equally well translated as "just", depending on the context.
Both the Hebrew and Greek word carry the sense of rightness, particularly in a moral context. The term can be used in an absolute sense, as in reference to a person being in right stead or standing with God, or in a more limited sense, as being righteous by reason of taking the right attitude or action in a specific situation. Joseph is spoken of being a "righteous" man, because he was unwilling to humiliate Mary when she was found to be pregnant by another while engaged to him.
The greater significance of the word however is developed in Paul's Epistle to the Romans, which explores the subject of how a person comes to be righteous - in right standing with God. Paul's conclusion is that inasmuch as the only means of attaining righteousness is either through law or grace, and since none can attain to righteousness by the principle of law, as all have been found to be sinners, there remains only God's righteousness, which comes on the basis of grace through faith in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Answer 4

Being in right standing with God the Father by believing in Jesus Christ His Son. This is evidenced by a righteous lifestyle (acts and deeds that are pleasing to God). Righteousness in the Bible refers to both. In the Old Testament, the term refers more often to doing righteous deeds.

Answer 5

The Bible says that there is none righteous so we must depend upon the sacrifice of the Lamb of God to cleanse us of all iniquities to become righteous. In the Chinese traditional character the word "righteous" (yi) is written with two components, "lamb"(yang) above "I/me"(wo). In other words, exactly the same as what the Bible says, "righteousness" can only be obtain by the "Lamb of God covering us, sinners"

Answer 6

RIGHTEOUSNESS

Righteousness, as it is revealed in the Holy Scripture, is based on three things:


1.Whosoever believes in One Alone GOD, honors GOD, worships GOD, serves GOD is righteous in belief.
2.Whosoever acts according to the commandments of GOD as revealed in the Holy Scripture is righteous in acts.
3.Whosoever values the Day of Judgement and performs acts for the sake of salvation is righteous in faith.


Precisely, who guards one’s self and avoids Evil, as it is required for salvation, is righteous by name. GOD will choose among mankind, the righteous ones to declare successful on the Day of Judgement, no mention to which nation they belong.

Righteous people are people of GOD and are beneficial humans.

HUMANITY

Humanity is the right cause of the creation of the creatures born with free discretion with the following features and functions:


1-Humanity causes righteousness.
2-Humanity being an awareness of moral state teaches the difference of right and wrong, good and bad.
3-Humanity demands the defense of the righteousness against all kind of Evils and wrongs through laws.
4-Humanity emerges the peace required by the living beings, not only among humans but also among all kind of creatures.


Whosoever takes care of others as one takes care of one’s own self and seeks peace through such decent acts and ways is a nice human. It is said “Whosoever does with others whatever he likes others to do with him and does not do with others whatever he does not want others to do with him is righteous and a caring human.”

Answer 7

It means to have a right standing before God.

Answer 8

In right standing with God

Answer 9

loyal, pure as in not capable of wrong doing, respectful, kind .

Answer 10

washed of your sins by the blood of Jesus Christ.