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📖 Definition of Righteousness (According to Scripture)
🔹 Righteousness = Obedience to God’s Commandments and Laws
Righteous
Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary
- צַדִּיק tsaddiyq (tsaddîyq)
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צַדִּיק tsaddîyq, tsad-deek’
from H6663; just:—just, lawful, righteous (man).
adjective
Righteouness
Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary
6666. צְדָקָה tsedaqah (tsᵉdâqâh)
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צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw’
from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
feminine noun
📖 Deuteronomy 6:25 (KJV)
“And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.”
📖 Psalm 119:172 (KJV)
“…for all thy commandments are righteousness.”
📖 1 John 3:7 (KJV)
“Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.”
➤ Righteousness is not a feeling or belief — it is the act of doing what Yah commands.
📖 Romans 2:13 (KJV)
*“For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the *doers of the law shall be justified.”
🧾 Summary of True Righteousness:
| Element | Scripture |
|---|---|
| Doing God’s commandments | Deut. 6:25, Psalm 119:172 |
| Practicing holiness in action | 1 John 3:7 |
| Walking in obedience | Romans 2:13 |
| Loving righteousness = Hating iniquity | Hebrews 1:9 |
🔥 Definition of Self-Righteousness (According to Scripture)
🔹 Self-Righteousness = Establishing your own standard instead of obeying Yah’s
📖 Romans 10:3 (KJV)
“For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”
📖 Isaiah 64:6 (KJV)
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags…”
📖 Luke 18:11 (KJV)
“The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men…”
The Pharisee praised himself but did not humble himself to God’s standards.
📖 Proverbs 30:12 (KJV)
“There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.”
🧾 Summary of Self-Righteousness:
| Element | Scripture |
|---|---|
| Rejecting Yah’s righteousness | Romans 10:3 |
| Trusting in personal goodness or works apart from obedience | Isaiah 64:6 |
| Comparing yourself to others instead of God’s law | Luke 18:11 |
| Being “right” in your own eyes | Proverbs 30:12 |
✅ Final Conclusion (According to the Word)
✔️ Righteousness
= Doing Yah’s commandments, walking in obedience, and submitting to His law.
❌ Self-Righteousness
= Claiming to be righteous while ignoring or replacing Yah’s commandments with your own standards.
📖 Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV)
“Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”
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