Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
8 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “righteousness” →
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
