Righteousness

The four steps of inner righteousness lead believers to the full stature of robust sons of God, following faith as the key to enter the kingdom. 170:3.2-3

The Adjuster creates within you a hunger and thirst for righteousness, leading to the recognition of the inner urge to divine attainment and soul trust for salvation. 101:2.14

Are you improving as a righteousness recommender with each passing day? 156:5.15

Be valiant in defense of righteousness, gentle in dealings, patient in intercourse, and aggressive in preaching the gospel. 178:1.14

Kingdom believers have implicit faith in the triumph of righteousness. 156:5.12

God's laws are not arbitrary; they are merely the habits of God, his way of repeatedly doing things in the best way, which is the right way. 12:7.2

A little with righteousness is better than great riches with wickedness. 149:5.2

The certain victory of righteousness will ultimately usher in the era of light and life. 52:7.14

Righteousness comes not from passive attitudes, but from actively challenging the ungodly and unrighteous with positive actions. 159:5.15

In the Urantia Book

Definition

• Jesus taught that righteousness exceeding that of the scribes and Pharisees had to be acquired by faith. 170:3.1
• Living virtue is choosing good over evil, a reflection of righteousness—conformity with the cosmos, in the progression towards cosmic achievement. 16:7.6-7
• Identification with Father's plan liberates and enfranchises the believer, curing spiritual loneliness and aligning one with the gleam of righteousness. 101:10.7
• To enter the kingdom, one must have a righteousness surpassing acts of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting, consisting of love, mercy, and truth – the sincere desire to do the will of God, transcending one's environment to embrace truth, beauty, and goodness. 140:6.3 196:3.32
• A righteous soul is more desired than the sovereignty of all the earth, for immortality awaits those who think, speak, and act with virtue. 131:3.7
• Salvation is the gift of God, and righteousness is the natural fruit of the spirit-born life in the kingdom. 150:5.5
• To do the work of the kingdom, one must be righteous, not merely do righteous deeds. 140:10.1
• Righteousness is earned through progressive character development, but sonship is received as a gift from the Father in heaven, just like a child receives life from its parents. 144:4.3
• Living a righteous life yields satisfaction that transcends material rewards, shaping a link in the unbroken chain of morality across universes and eternal ages. 39:4.13

Establishment

• Morality cannot be established by law or force; it must come from within and be spread by the influence of morally righteous individuals. 16:7.9 153:3.5 159:3.2 178:1.2-12
• Exemplify the beautiful wholeness of righteousness to attract truth seekers and embody a truth-coordinated life. 155:1.5
• The Father uses limitless forces and personalities to uphold his purpose, for the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous. 4:1.4
• Only at Ur did a voice arise to cry out the mercy of God, saying: “He shall pray to God and shall find favor with him and shall see his face with joy, for God will give to man divine righteousness.” 96:7.7
• Righteousness is the divine thought that God is the source of moral law, while love is a father's attitude that craves affection and seeks understanding fellowship. 2:6.5
• God exhibits his righteousness as equal hatred for sin, maintaining perfect unity within the Paradise Trinity. 2:6.7
• God's righteousness transcends strict retributive justice, embodying both justice and mercy as a unified loving father. 2:6.6
• Happy are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled with the fruits of the spirit. 140:3.4 140:5.8 150:5.5 193:2.2
• The hunger and thirst for righteousness leads to the discovery of truth, augmenting ideals and creating new problems for religionists. 103:4.2
• Ikhnaton's religion in daily life epitomized righteousness, fostering an ethos of ethical responsibility that transcended national boundaries and united individuals in a genuine quest for spiritual truth. 95:5.8
• In Havona, the natural enjoyment of doing things rightly reveals the reason of righteousness and the rule of justice, resulting in fairness. 14:5.3
• Make friends with the forces of righteousness. 169:2.5
• The pure mind that discerns God through spiritual insight leads man Godward, as feelings are transcended by the divine spirit in the realm of highest and most spiritualized thinking. 101:1.3
• Moses' teachings on righteousness and prosperity brought confusion to the Jewish people as they struggled to understand their ongoing oppression under foreign rulers. 135:5.1
• The extent of having to go to the people reveals a lack of righteousness. 155:1.5
• Righteousness nourishes individual creativity in the spiritual fellowship of believers with the Father, fostering eternal truth and communion with divine spirits. 182:1.8
• Those who feel poor in spirit are the only ones who will hunger for righteousness. 140:5.8
• The common people marveled at the teaching and ministry of Jesus and his apostles, who proved the rabbis wrong by being both pious and righteous despite their cheerful ignorance. 138:8.7
• Recognized by God, righteousness resonates truth's harmony across the cosmos, acknowledged even by the Infinite. 48:7.12
• Choosing righteousness requires facing and overcoming the tempting presence of potential evil to distinguish and uphold the good. 3:5.13

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Simple childlike belief 170:3.2 — Mt 18:2-6; Mt 19:13-14; Mk 9:36-37; Mk 10:13-15; Lk 9:47-48; Lk 18:16-17.
• Also need righteousness 170:3.2 — Mt 5:6,20,33; Acts 10:35; Jm 2:14-26.
• Great Commission 178:1.14 — Mt 24:14; Mt 28:19-20a; Mk 13:10; Mk 16:15; Lk 24:47; Jn 17:18; Acts 1:8b.
• Implicit faith 156:5.12 — Mt 21:21; Mk 11:22; Lk 17:5-6; Lk 22:32; Jn 3:16; Acts 3:16.
• Spirit of man is candle of Lord 149:5.2 — Pr 20:27.
• Goodly heritage 149:5.2 — Ps 16:6.
• Little of righteous is better than wealth of wicked 149:5.2 — Ps 37:16.
• Good man satisfied within self 149:5.2 — Pr 14:14.
• A merry heart is a cheerful face 149:5.2 — Pr 15:13. *A merry heart is a continual feast*: Pr 15:15.
• Better little with reverence 149:5.2 — Pr 15:16-17.
• Better little with righteousness 149:5.2 — Pr 16:8.
• Merry heart is good medicine 149:5.2 — Pr 17:22.
• Better is some with composure 149:5.2 — Ec 4:6.
• Go second mile 159:5.15 — Mt 5:41.
• Righteousness by faith 170:3.1 — Mt 5:20.
• Beyond righteousness 140:6.3 — Mt 5:20.
• Be you perfect 140:10.1 — Gn 17:1; 1 Ki 8:61; Lv 19:2; Dt 18:13; Mt 5:48; 2 Co 13:11; Jm 1:4; 1 P 1:16.
• John's, a baptism of repentance 140:10.1 — Mt 3:2; Lk 3:3; Acts 13:24. *Fellowship with God*: Mt 12:50; Mk 3:35; Lk 8:21; Acts 2:42; 1 Co 1:9; Eph 3:9.
• Sonship received as little child 144:4.3 — Mt 18:2-4; Mt 19:13-14; Mk 9:36-37; Mk 10:13-16; Lk 9:47-48; Lk 18:16-17.
• Defilement proceeds from heart 153:3.5 — Mt 12:33-37; Mt 15:10-20; Mk 7:14-23.
• If blind lead blind both fall into pit 153:3.5 — Mt 15:14b; Lk 6:39.
• Jesus knocks and men open 159:3.2 — Rev 3:20.
• Eternal God our refuge 4:1.4 — Dt 33:27.
• Dwells in secret places 4:1.4 — Ps 91:1.
• Shall neither slumber, sleep 4:1.4 — Ps 121:4.
• All things work together 4:1.4 — Ro 8:28.
• Eyes of Lord are over righteous 4:1.4 — Ps 34:15; 1 P 3:12.
• He shall pray to God 96:7.7 — Job 33:26.
• Gracious to the repentant 96:7.7 — Job 33:24. *If any say “I sinned”*: Job 33:27-28.
• Elihu, prophet, priest of Salem 96:7.7 — Job 32:2ff.

Where it appears

Righteousness is linked in 119 paragraphs of the text; the first 40 are listed.

See also

• justice
• mercy
• virtue

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